Good Luck to those
Who Leave

"Ref lector of
Student Activity "

McBride Attends
Pur due Meeting

B.S.T.C. ON W.O.R.
SAT. MORNING
Bloomsbu rg State Teachers College

Program Arranged
Miriam Marmein and Dance Group
To Appear Here Feb- 3 for Recital For J an* Graduates
A Cappella Choir and Mixed
Chorus Cooperate in
Musica l Program

N. S. F. A. Convention Held on will be featured on Vhe Collegiate
Campus of Purdue Univ.
Review Program over station WOR at
11 a.m. Saturday, Jan uary 21. This
During Christmas
Sacrificfng their Christmas vacatio n s, 160 delegates from 76 colleges
all over the nation converged at
Purd ue University to discuss the problems they face as leaders in self¦ government.
More serious than college students of another generation ,
they managed to intersperse dances ,
bowling, and billiards with debates on
student . government , pan-Americanism , and federal aid to education at
the Fourteenth Ann ual Congress of
the National Student Federation.
For the second time , Mary Jeanne
McKay of Florida State College for
Women was chosen national president. Other officers include William
Aycock , of North Carolina , and John
Darnell of Fresno State College as
vice-presidents. Three delegates-atlarge were chosen , Helen Webb, of
MacMurry College, Steve O'Connell
of the University of Florida , and
Herbert Fishburn , of Purdue University.
Of the special commissions dealing
with the " various phases of campus
life , fifteen dealt with various methods of strengthening student government , in the fields of orientation , finance , and improvement of studentfaculty relations. The conference unanimously approved the decisions of
the Washington Student Government
Conference held in June by NSFA
in conj unction with the Department
of Education , which emphasized the
basic philosophy of self-government
and student participation in extracurricular activities.
The commission form—first inaugurated at the 1937 Congress—was
used at all discussion meetings. The
majority of the Student Government
reports were informational and adopted unanimously. The only minority report of the Congress was appended to the Commission on Teachers Colleges.
A special feat ure of this year's Congress was a scries of special-interest
groups . . . on Cooperatives, Wo r k
Ca m ps , Yo u th Hostels , and St u de n t
Travel. In its plenary session the
advisory services of Town Hall , "America 's Town Meeting of the Air,"
were approved and suggested as material for discussion groups and open
forums, The congress also approved
rest rainin g aggressors , and opposed
government control and Nazi student exchange.
Ray McBride , p resident of the Student Government Association at
Bloomsburg State Teachers College,
was one of the delgates to the convention , and reports a very excellent
program.

Two Faculty Members
Listed in Who 's Who
Mr. Harvey A, Andruss, dean of
instruction at Bloomsburg State
Tenchors College, and Mr. Herbert
E. McMahan , commercial teacher at
Bloomsburg, nre listed in the 1938-39
issue of "America 's Young Men ", the
official Who's Who among the young
men of the nntlon , The publication
is edited by Durwnrd Hughes', nnd
published by American Publications ,
Inc., of Los Angeles, California , The
book is published every two years,

program is devoted entirely to college activities, and is cond u cted by
Miss "Tippy " Taylor. Each week one
college in the country is singled out
to be the guest college. Last Saturday Vassar College was the selection.
The fact that this is the Centennial
Year for Bloomsburg State Teachers
College will be featured on the program. An original college song, "Old
Bloomsburg, " written by Professor
Howard Fenstemaker and Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the State
Teachers College, will be played during the program. Mr. Keller , of the
art department , will speak.

On Fr iday, January 20, a special
program will be held in chapel for
students completing their work with
the first semester. An interesting
program has been arranged , including
selections by the Mixed Chorus and
the A Cappella Choir. The entire
program follows :
"Bible Reading—St. Matthew 13-10
18"
Mr. Harvey A. Andruss
Dean of Instruction , State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Penna.
"The Spacious Firmament" Music by
Franz Joseph Haydin , Text by Jos.
Addison

Jitney Players
Entertain Here
Traveling Theatrical T r o u p e
Presents "Ewd of Summer"
Friday, Jan. 13
The Jitney Players, New York
City traveling troupe, presented the
play "End of Summer" in the College
auditorium last Friday night , as the
fourth in the series of entertainment
courses offered this year.
The Jitney Players, as an organization , had its beginning fifteen years
ago, when a young man named Bushnell Cheney, with his bride, Alice

Keating, gathered together a band
of roving actors, and became the
first troupe of wandering players to
achieve any widespread acclaim since
the days of Molic rc. Shortly after
this , Bushnell Cheney died , but his
wife , with the (rue spirit of "the
show must go on , " carried on. She
was joined by Douglas Rowland and
E t hel Colt , and together they formed
a new corporation , with the purpose
of keepi ng alive the great plays of
yesteryear , us well as those of today.
This troupe traveled the length and
breadth of the country, recreating for
audiences plays which they perhaps
would not have the opportunity of
seeing in the flesh-and-blood theatre .
The Players derived their name Jitney from the fact that their first
form of conveyance was a rattling
old "ji tn ey ". Today the company
travels in a compact caravan , and
claims the unique distinction of being
the only compnny in the world at
present that does not have a resident theatre.
Beginning with one-act plays, the
Jitney Players graduated to full
length dramas of a typo seldom soon
in the commercial theatre. They
have received outstanding recognition
from the educational world , bu t in
no sense are they limited to this
Hold. They have played to the most
Continued on page 4

Series of Dances Will Suggest Emotions
Miriam Marmein , American dancemime, and her group of dancers, will
present a series of dances in the
auditorium on the evening of February 3, as one feature of the college
entertainmen t course.
Miss Marmein is not only a dance
actress with a long list of original
compositions to her credit , bu t is
also a painter and costume designer.
Her original sketches have been exhibited not only in connection with
her many performances in New York
and on tour but also at the Syracuse
Museum of Fine Arts, the Dancer's
Club in New York, and in studio
exhibits.
Her exhibition is made up of solo
and group dancers in compositions
suggesting various emotions , and
characters descriptive of her many
pantomimes, both humorous and otherwise.
Amazing Transformations
The most ama zing feature of Miriam Marmein 's dance programme is
its constantly changing moods and
styles and the actual transformation
in the appea rance of the dancer herself from one character or number,
to another.
Her programme will open with a
grand study in heroic vein in which
the dancer looks tall and statuesque.
Follows n lyrical number in which
the mood is subdued and poetic and
in which the dancer 's body seems
t o beco m e f l u id , molting from one
pose to another. She will seem to
have no bones in her rippling arms
nnd her supple spine will bend like
the proverbial reed in the wind.
P r ogra m Varied
Next she will introduce one of her
famous comic pantomimes which

leaves the audience holding its sides
with laughter, and again she will
perform an exquisitely delicate technical number , brilliant and facile,
that draws admiration and wonder.
During these her figure seems to
dwindle in size, to fit her subj ect
matter. Then will come a dramatic
tour de force, full of emotion and
so on for an hour of vividly changing
impressions.
Her excellent choice of music as
accompaniment for her numbers and
her artfu l way of synchronizing
movement to music has made her a
favorite with musical audiences.
Her programme is four-fold, including the arts of dance, design ,
acting, and music.
Miss Marmein is as great a silent
dance r , and is equally sensitive to the
eloquence of line and the subtle inflections of rhythmic sound.
Discovered by Afuurlce Browne
First "discovered" by Maurice
Browne , p r od u cer of "Jo u r n ey's End"
and co-author of "Wings Over Eur ope ',' she appeared in tours over the
United States and Canada , then later
in England and Scotland. Returning
to America she appeared for several
successive seasons at Carnegie Hall
and the Brooklyn Academy of Music ,
a n d also as soloist w ith t he Ne w Yor k
Symphony Orchestra , the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra , Washington Opera , festivals throughout
the country, and at the leading colleges.
Miss Marmein has lectured on the
dance over the radio, and contributes
articles to dance jour nals. She is
also a painter , and frequently carries
a small exhibition of her drawings
with her on her tours. She designs
all her own costumes, and has hand
painted and dyed many of those she
uses in her performances.

The firemen assembled In the audiREGIONAL FIREMEN IN
torium
of the college, then procoodod
MEETING AT COLLEGE
The annual banquet for regional
firemen was hold on the campus of
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
on Thursday evening, January 12, at
sovon o'clock,

to the dining room whore the banquet
was hold. After several speeches, the
firemen returned to the auditorium ,
where an entertainment program wns
presented.

College Chorus
At the Console—Mks. John K. Miller
"Sing We and Chant It" , Music by
Thomas Morley, Text by Michael
Drayton
"The Old Woman and the Peddler"
Old English Air arranged by H. G.
Kinscella, Traditional Text
A Cappella Choir
Direction—Miss Harriet M. Mooro
Pianist—Mr. John Young
Mr. Bela Smith
"Address"
Supt. of Schools, Kingston, Penna.
"Legende" ... H. Wieniawski Op. 47
At Console—Mr. H. F. Fenstemaker
"Alma Mater", Words by Joseph H.
Dennis, Air—Annie Lyle
College Chorus
Group Singing, Direction—Miss Harriet M. Moore.
Mr. Bela Smith, superintendent of
schools at Kingston, will be the
speaker for the occasion. Music will
be furnished by the A Cappella Choir
and the Mixed Chorus, both of the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College,
under the direction of Miss Harriet
M. Moore, Professor Howard H. Fenstemaker will play the Hammond
Organ.
The following students will receive
their degrees : Willard Davies, Nanticoke, Business Education; Morgan
Foose , Sugarloaf , Business Education:
Kenneth Edgar Hawk, Bea r Creek ,
Secondary; Sheldon Jones, Nan ticoke,
Business Education ; Alfred Keibler,
Kingston , Business Education; Laura
Ma u st , Bloomsburg, Business Education ; Helen McGrew, Mahanoy Piano.
Business Education; Thomas Revels,
Dickso n Ci t y, Business Education;
and Joseph Stamer, War r ior Ru n ,
Secondary.

Dec, Maga zines Print
Articles by Andruss
Harvey A. Andruss, dean of instruction at Bloomsburg State Teachers College, had two more articles of
his printed in tho December Issue of
two different magazines.
One of tho articles, "Some Problems: in the Administration of Commercial Education ," appeared originally in the spring issue of the Bulletin of the Tri-State Commercial Education Association, which met in
Pittsburgh last year. Tho article
was so well received that it was reprinted in last month's issue of "Tho
Balance Shoot ," a magazine reaching
over 50,000 readers who are interested in commercial education in tho
United States.
Tho other article , entitled "Juries
and Justice," appeared in tho "Kiwanis Magazine," and points out tho
importance of training young citizens for j ury duty.

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Remem ber Ferd inand
The triumphs and disasters of the
pagt semester will be recorded for
posterity in five letters — starting
with the So-Rare A's and reading
down through the B's, C's, and D's
to the I-Can't-Give-You-Anything-But
-Love E's. If they gave F's, that
would stand for Ferdinand the Bull.
The mention of Ferdinand brings
up the subject of Ferdinanditis, a
new name for an old disease which
breaks out among students every
spring. There have been symptoms
in the past semester but the second
semester is its old stamping ground.
So, fellow students, this is to warn
you of old-fashioned spring fever, or
the modern version—Ferdinanditis.
You all know how the Sentimental
Bull dreams over a lady 's flowers
while the matador vainly tries to
arouse his fighting instincts. Also,
you have heard . of the Sentimen tal
Student who dreams in the classrooms while the teacher vainly tries
to inject knowledge. Both are inflicted with Ferdinanditis. Beware
its clutches or your marks will be
singing "I Can 't Give Yo u A ny t hi n g
But Love" in chorus. Did I hear a
cry of "But we're only young once"
after that last remark ? Of course,
but Ferdinanditis likes moonlight
nights much better than classrooms.
We have a diary of blank pages to
fill during the next eighteen weeks.
A whole new program will begin
January 25, so get a reserved seat
now. But before that date there is
intermission or tho pause that refreshes. A wide-awake mind , a
heart full of hope, and a pen filled
with ink to keep that diary, would
bo a fine trio to bring back from
intermission,
To those who graduate at tho end
of this semester, we extend our congratulations and request our hero
Ferdinand to say a special hocuspocus to bring you luck in huntin g for
a position.

BOOKS

flND

The novel "Rebecca ," by Daphne
du Maurier is near the top of current
best sellers. Rebecca was the first
•wife of Maxim de Winter, who is
the owner of an old country seat in
the south of England. After Rebecca's
death , de Winter marries again. The
second wife is the heroine and narrator of .the story. De Winter and his
second wife are deeply in love, but
the memory of the first wife persistently lingers on at their home at
Manderley. The personality and attractiveness of the absent Rebecca
is contrasted in the thoughts of the
servants and neighbors, with the tactlessness and timidity of the present
wife. Gradually the mysterious manner in which Rebecca lived and died
is at last brought forth , and De
Winter finally feels relieved of the
secret burden that had shadowed his
life so long.

f l U T H O RSj

The earliest book printed from
movable type was a Latin Bible of
two volumes. A small number of
copies are yet found to exist. In
1911 at a New York auction one was
sold for $50,000.
? **

At tention of the students is called
to a new publication entitled "Important American Poets" edited by
Edith Wa rr en, published by Valiant
Ho u se, 1938 , which contains poems
written by Barbara M. Booth, class
of 1937, George T. Sharp, cla ss of
-1938, and St asia Zola , class of 1938.
"This volume presents work of
some 700 poets whom the publishers
consider important in the sense that
their future literary careers hold unusual promise. The aim of the publishers Is to present in this volume
the work of those authors who deservo a larger audience but who
under present publishing conditions
find it difficult to reach these readers. The leading writers of tlio day
will not be found in this book because their works are readily available elsewhere."
Miss Booth's name also appears in
"The Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Poets," published by Avon
House, 1938. This volume Is a pionPolite Pointers
eer publication in Its field and so far
as the editors know marks the firs t
Q. Who goes up a stairs first , u successful publication of an authentic
man or a women ?
national "who's who" on living AmerA, A woman goes up first , but a ican poets,
man comes down first,
Both of these books are in our
mm hi
college
library .
Q, In a theater who goes down
tho aisle first ?
person whoso name you have forgotA. Tho man goes down first unless ten to tell It to you ?
there Is an usher.
A. "I'm sorry, but for the moment
*?*
I can 't think of your name."
Q. Should a young lady hold a
?**
man 's arm whon walking along tho
Q.
Is
It
thoughtful
of a man to
street ?
elbow
to guide hor
take
a
woman
's
A. No.
ulong a crowded stroot ?
? ??
A, Ho should offer hor his arm,
Q. How con you courteously ask a

Students at Texas A. & M. are
ca mpaigning for the renewal of
"dead week,'" formerly an institution
there. "Dead week" is one week set
aside for st udy near the end of each
semester. No tests are given, and
no term papers become due in that
week.

There are 500,000 tobacco dealers
The Oregon State College school of
in the Uni ted States and only 2,500
pharmacy
has a 23x36 foot model
bookstores.
store
which is used as a classdrug
***
which
to study the techroom
in
Every year $18.15 is spent for condrugs. The store
selling
of
nique
fectionery per capita in this country,
stock
of supplies escomplete
has
a
and only $1.10 for books.
although no
the
trade,
sential
to
*** "
are
made.
actual
sales
Pearl Buck, American author who
***
wrote the popular novel, "The Good
refugees will be
European
Five
awarded
the
,"
Earth has just been
Nobel prize for literature. She is enabled to study at the University
the second American author to be of California next semester through
so honored, Sinclair Lewis having scholarships offered by two fraternities on that campus.
received the award some years ago.
***

Thoreau explains the meaning of
literature in this manner: "In literature it is only the wild that attracts us. Dullness is but another
name for tameness."
He further states that , "A truly
good book is something as natural
and as unexpectedly and unaccountable fair and perfect as a wild flower
discovered on the praries of the West
or in the jungles of the East."

The novel "My Son, My Son," by
Howard Spring, is a story told in
the first person by William Essex
concerning his life and that of his
friend Dermot O'Riordan. Both men
had started life in the slums in Manchester and both rise eventually to
important positions in the world. One
becomes a rich furniture manufac***
turer, the other a popular novelist.
Samuel Johnson, English man of
Each man has a son. Though the
sonc are adored by their respective letters, wrote his romance "Rasselfathers and treated accordingly, t hey as" in seven successive nights to raise
enough money for the funeral exmeet with tragic ends.
penses of his mother.
***
***
A book of poems, published by
Francis
Parknicin
's w e 11-known
Valiant House and titled "Important
American Poets of 1938," bears in- book, "The Oregon Trail," was pubterest to our college. Among the lished when the au thor was but 24
hundreds of poets represented are years old.
*#*
two former students at Bloomsburg
Josh Billings, a great American
State Teachers College, and one present student. Stasia Zola and George humorist , offers these bits of philSharp, who were graduated last year, osophy: "Love ain 't one ov the varhave poems in the book. Ruth Boone, tues bekauze it kant be cont rolled."
at present a student at Bloomsburg, "Munny is like promises : easier maid
is also listed.
than kept."

AL U MNI POEMS APPEA R
IN PUBLIS HE D VOLUME

On Other Campi

Affairs of State
Nearly 2,000,000 youth of Pennsylvania are participating in the music education program in the public
schools of the state , in 2500 selected
choruses and choirs, and in thousands
of classrooms. More than 1700
teachers are employed to teach music.
In 1937-38 almost 30,000 st u dents
received student aid in eighty-six
colleges and 1227 public and parochial secondary schools.

***

An Armour Tech student has written a th esis on the practical and impractical applications of lipstick. He
defended the indirect use of the cosmetic by men. He also classified the
various kinds of lipstick according
to color and flavor.
***

Stanford University p h y s i c i s t s
claim to be perfecting a light that
is 4000 degrees hotter than the sun's
surface.
***

The American Coed Protective
League has been formed by the University of Oklahoma women to insure members from being stood up
on a date.
¦
*
! *
• •
!
•

.

Prom crashing doesn 't pay at
Princeton University. An edict of
the under-council provides for a fine
of three times the price of admission
to be charged. The penalty for giving false names to proctors is indefinite suspension .
** *

Storage and warehousing is a new
course being offered in the University
of Texas School of Administration.
**?

Coed Frank R. King, of the University of Alabama , spurned an appoint ment to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Being the namesake of her father, Commader King,
who was killed in service, she was
thought by the authozities to be his
son.
*« ij

Question of the
Month
"Do you think that elementary and
secondary teachers, ..both with fouryear educations should receive the
same salary? "
I say their salaries should be comparable, for while both spend four
years in college to secure their degree, we must not overlook the fact
that the responsibility of the elementary teacher is as great as that
assumed by any teacher in the secondary field.
Robert Linn Jr.{ Secondary
In my opinion they should receive
the same salary, for training younger
children is j ust as important as
training older ones—their base is
important if they are to build well
for the future.
Eleanor Beckley, Jr. Elementary
Yes, the elementary teacher should
receive as good a salary as the secondary teacher, for she is the one *
who moulds the little children 's habits and lays the foundations for their
training.
Deborah Griffith, Jr. Secondary
Their salaries should be scaled the
same, for building the foundation is
as important as building upon it.
Charles Girton, Jr. Secondary
Since they must spend as much
time and money in preparation for
teaching, they should receive the
same salary.
Leota Nevil, Special student
The secondary teacher should receive a higher salary, for while both
spend about the same time teaching,
usually the secondary teacher must
spend much more time on extracurricular activities.
Annabel Bailey, Sr. Secondary
The elementary teacher has a great
responsibility—she works with children at the impressionable age, in
their formative years—and it is much
more difficult to work with children
than with older students.
Mildred Hart , Sr. Elementary
Just because the elementary teachers are now required to secure their
B. S. degree in education before they
can teach, I can see no true basis
for changi ng their salary. Salaries
should not be based upon how much
time and money are spent in preparing to teach , but upon the work
the teachers are required to do—for
the du ties of the teachers vary greatly and should be taken into consideration.
Ruth Dugan, Sr. Secondary

Three U.S.C. seniors believe they
have a ligitimate claim for 85 cents
against the school—they saved a
PURDUE PICK -UPS
building valued at $40,000 from fire.
The charge is for having two pairs of
iii**
pants cleaned at 40 cents each and (These trivialities were noted by Ray
McBride at tho convention held In
Dr. Lester K. Ade, Superintendent one telephone call for five cents.
**?
Purdue over the Christmas recess.)
,
of Public Instruction states that the
A plan has boon adopted at the
1. Southern girls do not go steady
results of a survey of the social studies teachers of the secondary schools University of California by which as a rule, and It is a general practice
of Pennsylvania recently completed the students grade the professors. to "doubl e-date." For instance, a boy
shows that Pennsylvania teachers are Each student is given a card on which might take one girl to a movie, then
overwhelmingly in support of a larger ho rates the professor on the fol- homo, then take another belle to a
use of Pennsylvania and local history lowing points: attitude toward stu- dance,
2. All dances in the south are "tag
and government In the school pro- dents, tolerance, presentation of subject matter , power to stir intellectual dances." It is. very seldom that one
gram.
curiosity and general comment.
dances more than a few minutes with
the same girl.
At the recent annual mooting of Scholars hip Offered
3. The west is no longer a territory
the Pennsylvania Historical Associabut
Is divided into states— "Science
To College Students Speaks,
tion held at Wllliamsport , a rosolu"
lion was adopted In which the asso4.
Tho
people in the south aro very
Tho
National
Municipal League, lociation offered full cooperation with
well
acquainted
with tho Civil War.
cated
at
309
East
34th
Street,
In
the Pennsylvania State Education
They
know
tho
generals, dates of
New
York
City,
announces
a
scholara
wider
encouraging
Association in (
use of state and local history In the ship of one hundred dollnrs to be battles, and when the states seceded
Social Studies Program of the public offered to tho author of tho best —history students please note.
5. Expressions:
essay on a subject connected with
schools.
State or Municipal government. Tho
Tho
slang for "coke" in tho south is
**?
competition is opon to undergraduate "dope. "
Pennsylvania State College con- students, registered In a regular
"Cutting your water off"—a westducts several special sorvlces for the course in any college or university ern expression for "putting your foot
bonofit of tlio, public schools In cen- offering direct Instruction in State into it ," or "getting yourself out on
tral Pennsylvania. Among those aro or Municipal government. Further a limb. "
the Reading Clinic, tho Film Ex- Information can bo had from tho Na"Go a rldo "—for going for a rldo,
chango, tho Speech Clinic , and tho tional Municipal League , at tho ad6. Ray also vouches for tho atdress listed above,
Psychologlcnl Clinic,
traction of tho southorn bollo,

College Bowlers
How Basketball
Win, Lose and Tie
Started
Dean Koch Sets Pace
The

Teachers

College

Bowling

Team , entry in the Bloomsburg City

Bowling League, won, lost , and tied
a game each, in three encounters
recently.
,
On December 21, the college team
defeated Stairs', 3-1. Dean Koch, of
the college team, was high single with
204, and high triple with 527. Dean
Koch is a consistent "500" scorer,
and breaks into the high triple often.
On January 4, Bloom Bowlers tied
Karmelkorn, 2-2. Kiefer, of Bloomsburg, was high for Bloomsburg with
511, and Dean John C. Koch, second
with 507.
On January 9, Bloomsburg fell before the onslaught of the Sharpless
Bowlers, 3-1.

Intr amural Teams
Open 1939 Season
The referee 's whistle echoed for
the first time in the intramural basketball league last week as the first
of a scheduled series of games was
played. The league is composed of
two divisions, classified as the "Maroon " league, and the "Gold" league.
Four teams of the seven in each division clash each scheduled evening.
Games are played on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings.
Each team was allowed seven players on its roster. This is to limit
one team from selecting the best of
the crop of players.
In the first evening's encounter
the following scores resulted :
1. Eagles 12 Lions 10
2. Presidents 21, Green Wave 11.
3. Bisons 28, Leopards 21
4. Mountaineers 24, Commodores 7
Maroon League
Eagles
Lions
Bisons

Wolverines
Tigers

Leopards

Rams

Gold League
Presidents
Big Red
Green Wave
Crimson Tide
Commodores
Big Green
Mountaineers

Basketball Is Now
The National Sport
Belie v e it or n ot , between now and
80,000,000 Americans will

Spr i n g

watch 60,000 teams play 1,500,000
games of basketball. These statistics go a long way toward proving
that basketball is the national sport ,
replacing baseball.
In comparison to the 80,000,000
who view basketball games only
50,000,000 see baseball games during
the summer, only 40,000,000 view
football games, and a mere 30,000,000
attend horse racing and boxing
matches.
This, in spite of the fact that most
basketball games are played in
school, college, and "Y" gyms, whore
fans have to seat themselves between
the punching bag and the rowing
machine, or sit on the parallel bars,
makes us all the more positive that
basketball is becoming the now national sport of America.
Fans flock into aduitoriums where
there nro thousands of scats, and
fill those seats. In Pennsylvania ,
whore the game Is hottest , crowds of
7,500 converge frequently on villages
with n population of 750. In New
York, whore basketball is just getting established , crowds of 15,000 to
18,000 are the rule In Madison Square
Gardon ,
The time Is not far in the futuro
when basketball will be played under
.floodlights in tho opon,

James A. "Pop" Naismith , who
hails from Springfield , Massachueset ts , receives the credit for originating the game we now know as basketball.
One day in 1889, Pop had an especially lively group of boys working
out in his gym. Seeing that the boys
were growing tired of working out
on the bars, Pop knocked the bottoms
out of two peach baskets, stuck the
baskets on the wall, threw a soccer
ball at the boys, and told them to go
to work. The result was—basketball.
Soon the nation was hearing about
the new and fascinating game that
had been invented, and since it filled
in the gap that lay between baseball
and football so well, the nation adopted it as a sport.
Coaches, tea m s, and players made
their own rules at first , but later
commissions were started and they
made rules f or their state. In 1934
the first national regulatory body,
"The Basketball Rules Committee,"
was founded , and promulgated the
national rules which are now universally accepted. Last year 96%
of all schools and colleges were playing basketbajjj and leagues both professional and amateur were operating
all over the United States.
Recognition of basketball by the
general public as the national sport
has been delayed primarily by the
lack of seating capacity and the refusal of the few old timers to change
over from the national sport of centuries, baseball.

College Grapplers
Buchheit Cagers Set Rapid Pace
In Battle for Mythical Laurels Sweep to Victory
Mansfi eld Is Topp led
. In Firs t Game

Score 55*46 Triump h
Over Shippensburg

The Bloomsburg Huskies opened
their intercollegiate campaign at
Mansfield , Thursday evening, January
12, by winning from a good Mountaineer quintet , 28 to 22.
The usually high scoring Huskies
led throughout the game, but the
scoring was held in check by the low
ceiling of the Mansfield floor.
. Bloomsburg pulled away the first
half and led 16 to 8 at the intermission. The home club put up a
third period spurt , but the Huskies
came back in the final stanza to win
going away.
Bloomsburg
g. tg. pts.
2 0-3 4
Smettters, F
0 6-8 6
Giermak, F
1 0-0 2
Bonham, F
3 2-2 8
Kerchusky, C
2 2-5 6
Balchunas, G
:' !'
1 0-1 2
Ban t a, G
Totals
. . 9 10-19 28
Mansfield
Davis, F
1 0-0 2
1 0-1 2
MacDonald, F
2 2-5 6
Hawkin s, F
0 0-0 0
Butsavage, F
Dillman, C
2 0-2 4
Brion , C
0 0-0 0
Yurcic, G
2 2-3 6
Taylor, G
0 0-0
0
0 0-1 0
Smith. G
1 0-0 2
Cunningham, G
Totals
9 4-12 22

Coming back strong in the last
half af ter a weak second period, the
Huskies remained in the undefeated
class by defeating a sharp shooting
Shippen sbu rg fi ve, 55 to 46.
Bill Kerchuscy, sophomore center
and high scorer of the Mansfield
game, once again carried off scoring
honors by tailing 22 points on onehanded shots from the right side of
the floor. Playing his first season
with the Varsity. Kerchusky has
startled the sport fans with his accurate shooting and all-round play.
He was completely overlooked while
playing with the Jayvee team last
year.
The Huskies employed a fast passing* sharp breaking offense to pile
up an early 16 to 3 lead. The Cumberland Valley team retaliated with
a slow, deliberate game, and soon
appeared to have the high strung
Buchheitmen uneasy. During the
Huskies' temporary lapse the visitors
opened up with long shots and the
half ended in a 21 to 21 stalemate.
The Huskies consistently broke
through the Red Raider's defense to
score under the basket the second
half , while the visitors racked up
their points from farther out on the

How to Watch Collegiate Wrestling
Free style wrestling as it is used
in colleges today consists of a large
number of skills involving a considerable amount of practice. It is
very often confused with a type of
wrestling practiced by a large number of men , the professionals, who
depend upon showmanship and brutality rather than the sciences and
skills as are learned by the collegiate wrestler. The modern free style
collegiate wrestling claims no affiliations whatsoever with the professional group.
The rules of collegiate wrestling for
the spectator are very simple, and
may be briefly stated as follows :
1. Holds:—Any hold is allowed except those which are used for punishment alone. Specifically holds such
as strangle holds, double nelson, certain body slams, bending or twisting
of fingers , toe holds, etc. arc barred.
No striking, kicking, gouging, hair
pulling, butting or anything that endangers life or limb is allowed.
2. Conduct of the bout :—The time
of tho bout is nine minutes, wrestled
as follows. The contestants start in
a standing position , and attempt to
bring their opponent to the mat by
trips and certain other skills. If
one contestant succeeds in accomplishing this tho bout continues for
a period of nine minutes. If neither
contestant brings his: opponent to the
mat within three minutes, time is
taken, and the contestants choose by
lot which is to occupy an underneath
position on the mat. The bout continues in this manner for three minutes. The under contestant tries to
escape while the .top contestant attempts to hold him down or to pin
him. After three minutes is taken and
tho positions of the contestants is
reversed, the bout then continues for
throe more minutes making the total
of wrestling nine minutes.
3. Scoring:—A contestant may win
a bout in two ways:
1, By pinning the opponents
shoulders to tho mat for a
period of two seconds. This

is called a fall , and counts five
p o i n t s for the successful
wrestler. AH contestants must
try to secure a fall—failure
to do so may result in the awarding of a fall by the referree.
2. By a decision. Here the referee awards three points to
the wrestler who in his opinion has shown the greater
wrestling superiority.
Note:—If neither wrestler has
shown superiority in the regular
bout extra periods are declared.
In those periods a bout may be
won as in the above or by a draw
where the three points of the
decision are divided.
4. Stalling:—Stalling is defined as
being the lack of an honest effort to
secure a position of . advantage, or
to secure a fall , or to wrestle aggressively. The penalties for stalling are
at the discretion of the Referee, who
has certain rules to follow. For fail
ing to try to secure a fall, a fall maybe awarded after repeated warnings.
For other forms of stalling the referee may also award the bout to the
other contestant, or place tho offender in j epordary so that he may lose
the bout unless he actually wrestles.
5. Weights:—A team is comprised
of the following weights:
121 lbs, and under, 128 lbs. and
under, 136 lbs. and under , 145 lbs.
and under, 155 lbs. and under, 165
lbs. and under , 175 lbs. and under,
unlimited heavyweight.

So. African Colleges
Seek U. S« Exchanges
Tho Maroon and Gold editor received a letter from the National
Student Federation of tho United
States, of which Bloomsburg State
Teachers College la a mombor, quoting a request from a student group
in South Africa for exchanges of
nowspapors an dcorrospondence. Tho
quoted part follows :

flonr.

The Buchheit proteges are big, fast,
and experienced , and should prove a
definite contender for championship
honors.
Bloomsburg
g. fg. pts.
5 1-2 11
Smethers, F
0 0-0 0
Wenrich, F
F
.
.
4
3-5 11
Giermak,
1 0-0 2
Bonham , F
9 4-7 22
Kerchusky, C
1 1-5 3
Balchunas, G
1 4-4 6
Ban t a , G
21 13-23 55
Totals
Shippensburg
g. fg. pts.
6 2-4 14
Spangler, F
0 0-0 0
Bay, F
0
0-4 12
McTigue, F
0
0-0
0
Batchelor, F
4 0-2 8
Springer , C
0 2-2 2
Armstrong, C
1 2-4 4
Parkin , G
1 0-1 2
Morris, G
2 0-1 4
Beible, G
0 0-0 0
Remloy, G
20
6-18 46
Totals
Bloomsburg . . . . 19 2 19 16—55
Shippensburg . . . . 9 12 12 13—46
Referees—Bryan and Williams.

Out-score Scranton Keystone Jr.
College in First Match
Of Year
In its first meet of the year, the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
wrestling team triumphed over the
mat representatives from Scranton
Keystone Junior College here last
Wednesday.
In the 121 pound class, Bloomsburg
was awarded five points on a forfeit
to Home, when Scranton failed to
produce a man for his weight class. .
In the 128 pound class, Walter Woytovich , of Shamokin, defeated Williams, . of Keystone, by a fall. The
time for the match was five minutes,
27 seconds. Incidentally, Woytovichlast year's captain, hasn't lost a
match in six years; Lodovici, of
Scrant on, was awarded the 136 pound
title over Shiner, on a referee's . decision. Scandle, of Bloomsbufg, pinned Mathias, of Keystone, in the
shortest match in the meet, 2 minutes and 52 seconds. This was the
145 pound class. Taylor, of Bloomsburg, lost to Consagra, of Keystone,
in the 155 pound class, by a f all , in
seven minutes, eight seconds. Reager, of Bloomsburg, won fay a fall over
Ames, of Scranton, in the 175 pound
class, in 5 minutes, 50 seconds. The
165 pound match ended in a draw
between Prokopchak, of Bloomsburg,
and Bloxham, of Scranton. In the
unlimited, or heavyweight, class, Iongo, of Scranton , outweighing Hopfer,
of Bloomsburg, by 28 pounds, triumphed by a fall, in 3 minut es, 25
seconds.
The match was refered by Witmer,
of Franklin and Marshall College.

BROOKLYN MEET
IS P OSTP O NED
WRESTLERS' NEXT MEET
IS WITH STROUDSBURG

The wrestling meet scheduled with
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute for
last Saturday, and canceled because
of inclement weather, will be held
at a later date.
The next meet for the team will
be on January 27, at home. From
then on the schedule will be as follows r
Mansfield — Away
Feb. 4
Lock Haven — Home
Feb. 11
Mansfield — Home
Feb. 16
Lock Haven — Away .... Feb. 25
The following boys will be available
for the Stroudsburg match next Friday: 121 pound class, Horn ; 128
pound class, Woytovlch ; 136 pound
class, Shiner; 145 pound class, Scandle ; 155 pound class, Taylor; 165
pound class, Prokopchak; 175 pound
class, Reager, and heavyweight, or
"The students of South Africa have unlimited, Hopfer.
been showing a great interest In the
affairs of their fellow-students; In
America, and are anxious that wo Next Year 's Grid
should arrange for an Interchange of
Schedule Announ ced
university magazines and papers as
well as for intercorrespondence beThe 1939 football schedule for the
tween the students of America and
tho universities of this country. Bloowsburg Huskies has been rePlease do your best to encourage the leased by Dr. E, H, Nelson, director
scheme of an interchange of student of athletics, All the teams representpapers. I shall be pleased to re- ed on the schedule have boon met
ceive 10 copies of each publication by Bloomsburg teams in former
for distribution amongst tho South years. Tho complete schedule folAfrican universities, where tables lows:
Millersville—Away
have boon sot aside In the libraries Sept. 30
for tho display of overseas student Oct. 7
Indiana—Home
publications , and each of our affiliated Oct. 14
Mansfield—Away
centres will be asked to reciprocate Oct. 21
Lock Haven—Homo
by sondlng tholr chief academic and
Oct.
28
Shlpponsburg—Away
literary productions."
Nov.
4
Ku tztown—Homo
It Is expected that Bloomsburg will
E,
Nov.
1
1
.
.
.
.
Stroudsburg—Home
Interesting
Interparticipate in this
change of publications,
Nov. 18 , , . . Panzer (N. J.)—Away

BERWICK WINN ER
IN PLAY CONTEST

Marmein Dan cers Who Appear Here

Metamorphosis of a Joke :
Birth: A freshman thinks one
up and chuckles with glee.
Age five minutes: Freshman tells
it to Senior who says, "Yeah, I've
heard it before."
Age one day : Senior turns it into
the most popular joke in town , as
his own.
Age two day^: Editor thinks it
is terrible.
Age three days : Editor prints it
as space filler.
Age ten days: Thirteen college
"pigeon-holes" reprint it. •
Age three years : -Seventy-six radio
comedians discover it simultaneously.
Age twenty years: Appears in
Readers Digestl
..
.
Age 100 years : Professor tells it
in class.
The De Paula.

TUNKHANNOCK HIGH
W IN N ER IN CLASS B
Berwick and Tunkhannock High
Schools took top honors in the ninth
annual interscholastic play tournament sponsored by Alpha Psi Omega,
dramatic fraternity on the Bloomsburg campus. The tournament , held
on Saturday afternoon, December 7,
attracted casts from Berwick, Coal
Township, ? and Northumberland in
Class-A; and from Tunkhannock and
Orafigevilkv in Class B.
The winning play in Class A was
"A Boy Comes Home", prese nt ed . by
Berwick. The play, was a comedy
in a postwar setting. The Tunkhannock cast, winners in Class B,
presented "Submerger", a fantastic
drama depicting the actions of a
crew inside a sunken submarine. Incidentally, this was Tunkhannock's
first year of competition.
Three graduate members of the
fraternity were named as- judges.
They were James Davis, William
Shutt, and Miss Carrie Livsey. Members of the dramatic club assisted
the casts with stage settings.

P oetry C ontest

IN THE BASKET

*?*

The dancers who will present a recital here on February 3 as a
feature number on the 1938-1939 Entertainment Course are especially
noted for their skill and artistry in changing moods and styles, with
actual transformation in tlie appearance of the dancers themselves
from one number to another. The above view shows the dancers expressing one of their moods.

Of interest to students with poetic
ability is the announcement made
by Grover A. Whalen , President of
the New York World's Fair Corporation , and the Academy of American
Poets. Both these organizations are WORLD'S FAIR A GREAT CITY
conducting a contest offering an opThe amount of electric current to
portunity to American poets to evince be used by the New York World's
their genius in a nation-wide com- Fair 1939 during its operation will be
petition for an official poem descrip- equal to that required by a city of
tive of the spirit of the New York 350,000 population.
World's Fair 1939.
The required subject and title of M U S I C A N D D A N C I N G
AT THE WORLD'S FAIR
the submitted poem is "The World
of Tomorrow," this being the dramaThe extensive music program of
tic theme and inspiration of the Fair. the New York World's Fair 1939 is to
A contract governing the compe- include opera , symphony, choral and
tition , granting permission to conduct religious musical presentations, ligh t
it in connection with the Fair, and opera , folk mu sic , ballets and the danuse the title, "The World of Tomor- ces of this country and other nations.
row," also setting forth the conditions
TONS OF PAINT
of the contest, has been signed by
Mr. Whalen and the Academy.
Painting the buildings of the New
Six prizes are to be awarded , a first York World' s Fai r 1939, which is bepr iz e of $1000, and five prizes of $100 ing carried out in a plan following the
each. Duplicate prizes will be award- tints of tho rainbow , will require a
ed in case of ties.
total of 200 tons of pigment.
By the terms of the contest , the
submitted poems must be in the Eng- VISAS FOR NEW YORK
WORLD'S F A I R
lish language, and bo comparatively
brief and als oconsonant with the
Foreign visitors to the New York
spirit of the Fair. In addition to Wo r ld' s Fair 1939 must obtain a nonbeing original with the contostnnt , immigration visa , good for six
the poems must not have boon pre- months. This period can bo extended
viously published. No contestant may upon official approval. Federal ausubmit more than thro poems. An thorities and immigration officials
official entry blank , obtainable from will make a close cheek-up to bo sure
the Academy at 435 East 52 Street , j all the 500,000 foreign visitors expectmust accompany each entry.
ed at tho Fair return to their native
The Academy reserves publication lands at expiration of their visas.
and all other lights to nil pooms subA quarter of a million persons: at
mitted. Also the Academy nssumos one time can be acommodatod in the
no responsibility for loss of manu- 280-acre Amusement Zone of tho New
scripts nor will any bo returned.
York World's Fair 1939.
Poems must bo mailed to the AcaPAGING THE SAND-LOT KIDS
demy at 435 East 52 Street not later
than March 15, 1939.
The "sand-lot kids" of America are
Throe judges have been appointed to have their innings in the Academy
to make the awards. They nro Wil- of Sport at the New York World's
liam Rose Bonet , Louis Untermeyer Fair 1939, It is announced by Grover
nnd Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Th A. Whalen , president of tho Fair, In
and Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Their a "school term" covering tho period
decisions will be final and irrevocable, of Fair operation , there will be free
instruction In baseball by such "proDr. Lostor K. Ado, Superintendent fessors" as Joo McCarthy, Lou Gehof Public Instruction , said that one rlg, Babe Ruth , Bill Terry, Johnny
of the most interesting religious ex- Van dor Moor, Burlclgh Grimes,
periments in the history ot the United "Dizzy" Dean, Hank Groonborg, JimStates wns worked out In tho 18th my Foxx, Joo Dl Magglo, Bob Follor,
century at Ephratn, thirteen miles and Mel Ott, Classes to be held in
from Lancaster and sixty-five miles Juno , July, August nnd September of
next yonr.
from Philadelphia.

Short Notes of World's Fair
SIX "BRODIES" A DAY
"Steve Brodie" is to jump not once
but six times every day from a representation of the Brooklyn Bridge—
from which the real "Steve" made a
legendary leap decades ago—in Geo.
Jessel's "Old New York" in the
Amusement Area of the New York
World's Fair 1939.
FANCIFUL STREET NAMES
Many .of the avenues and streets of
the New York World' s Fair 1939
have been named , it is announced by
Grover A. Whalen , President of the
Fair. "Pett icoat La ne" runs between
the Textile Building and the one devoted to women's apparel. "Fireside
Row" reaches along the extensive facade of tho Home Furnishings Building. "The Street of Wings" leads to
the Aviation Building, and "The
St ree t of W heels " to the railroad and
motor section.

It is better to be dead from the
neck up—and realize it—than not
to be alive from the neck up—and
believe otherwise.
Los Angeles Collegian
***
A woman is like a chicken. She
struts along, squawks a lot, and then
as soon as she attracts someone's
att ention , she loses her head.
College Star

***

"This exam will be conducted on the honor system. Please take
seats three apart and in alternate
rows."
•
Collegian
P r of :

***

Flattery is 90% soap, and soap is
90% lye.
Texas Outlook

Actress Appearing
In 'End of S ummer '

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ETHEL BARRYMORE COLT

Jitney Players
Entertain Here
Continued from page 1

varied types of audiences conceivable
—from cowboys to sophisticated metropolitans, from isolated mountaineers; who never saw a play in their
lives to newspaper critics from the
largest city players.
The play, "End of Summer", which
the company reproduced in the auditorium Friday evening, was written by
Mr. S. N. Behrman , who has written
many other successful plays. "End
of Summer" has as its main theme a
poor young man spurning the love of
a rich young girl in order to preserve
his ideals and self-respect. Delightful, amusing, and stimulating, the
play has been praised by Walter Winchell and others of note.

*??

Girls are like newspapers—worth FOOTBALL TAUGHT by EXPERTS
Boys who want to learn football
looking over, and back numbers are
from
"old masters" will have that
no longer in demand.
opportunity
in the Academy of Sport
***
at the New York World's Fair 1939.
P r of : "Didn 't you have a brother
Free classes in every departmen t of
in this class last year? "
the game are to be taught during
Soph : "No, sir, it was I. I'm September and October of next year
taking it over."
by such expert coaches and players as
Prof: "Extraordinary resemblance." Jim Crowley of Fordham, Mai StevIdaho Bengal ens of N. Y. U., " Pop " Warner of
***
Temple, Lou Little of Columbia,
"So Shanahan is a reckless driv- "Chick" Meehan , Benny Friedman
er?"
of C.C.N.Y., Larry Kelly of Peddie,
"Say , when the road turns the Alexander Wojciechowicz of the Desame way he does, its j ust a coin- troit Lions and Marshall Goldberg
cidence."
of the University of Pittsburg.
**«¦

Pat says a good definition of noPennsylvania's School Employes
t hi n g is "a bladcless knife without a Retirement system has a membership
handle." Another one is "a balloon of mo r o t han 81,000 , and reserve
funds of more than $165,000,000.
with tho skin taken off ."

New Junior High School Nears Completion