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New Canteen
Huge Success
It has finally arrived! Yes, the
n ew Can t een is now a reality aft er
a long period of waiting and hoping.
Not only the College Community
but also the V-12's and associated
administration have long wanted,
talked of , and appreciated , the n eed
for such a project.
The Canteen's actual realization
came into view only when the class
of '45 began to realize the necessity for an Obiter for their forthcoming graduation. The class itself ,
numbering a bare forty or fifty,
realized that the task of presenting
a year book with such a small number was almost impossible and that
financially it was really out of the
question .
With determination the officers of
the class and the class advisor, Dr.
Maupin , investigated the various
possible methods of raising enough
money to publish the Obiter. Thus
they hit upon a plan to back the
Obiter financially by means of a
Canteen. The plan was taken to
President Andruss who gave his
prompt approval . A committee was
appointed to take charge of the proj ect. The members of that committee
are :
Arlene Superko , Chairman
Elsie Flail
Elvira Bitetti
Mildred Dzuris, Finance
The Canteen was located in the corridor entering the old gym, but the
old MAROON AND GOLD office is
now used for this proj ect. The Canteen sells pretzels , soda, cake, potato
chips, and pies. The committee states
that they expect to expand in the
near future. The college is looking
forward to the expansion of this endeavor and hopes that it will become
a permanent fixture of the college .
The class advisor, Dr. Maupin ,
seems very optimistic concerning the
future of the Canteen and expresses
the hope that it will develop into a
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students are volunteering their services to help operate the Canteen.
Today the college has a Canteen to
be proud of.
MAROON AND GOLD MOVE S
TO NEW QUARTE RS

Last week the MAROON AND
GOLD moved into its new quarters
on the second deck of Noetling Hall.
Room 100, formerly the office of business teachers, will now serve in the
capacity of office for our newspaper.
A
bigger and better office—a biggor
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and better MAROON AND GOLD.

The wide interest in the pioneering
program in aviation being carried on
by the College was recently reflected
in an article in the New York Herald
Tr ibune .
Three photographs illustrated the
article which had the center position
on the first page of the educational
section. Miss Cecil e Hamilton, a member of the staff of the New York Herald Tribune spent two days in Blooms-

Formal Features
Ivan Faux Band
Prof ? Keller
On the Road
On the road after months of training, Professor George Keller's famed
troupe of trained animals is drawing
capacity crowds in towns of the Eastern States.
Having begun the season July 1 in
the Olympic Park, New Jersey, Professor Keller and company appeared
for two weeks at Pittsburgh, and is
now continuing at Clememton Park,
in New Jersey. Future stops will be
Nova Scotia at the Navy League
Forum, Vt., the New England fairs,
and Allentown, Pa,, for the last three
Weeks in September concluding the
season . The professor will then enjoy
a month of hard earned vacation before returning to his classes in the
art department of the college.
A hobby for several years it increased to its present proportions.
The show grew from Mr . Keller's
collection of trained white collie dogs.
The only dog in the show at present
is "Zombie", an enormous wolf hound ,
probably the only dog used in any
ring with the big cats.
The show has won wide popularity
in recent years on its annual tour of
carnivals and fairs in the last year.
Mr . Keller has been the subj ect of
articles in ' the "Saturday Evening
Post", "Life", "Time", "American ",
and "Popular Science " magazines ; has
appeared on the well known HobbyLobby program and in a short for
Paramount Pictures.

Farewell Party
An informal farewell party for
teachers-in-servlce was held on August 19, on the second floor of Waller
Hall at 10:00 P. M. A large group
attended this social gathering, Everyone join ed in the singing and then
refreshments were served. One or two
games were played *and the party was
brought to a close by the singing of
the Alma Mater.

The first formal dance of the trimester was held in the Centennial
Gymnasium on August 11. Music was
provided by Ivan Faux and his orchest ra . A large crowd attended the
dance and enj oyed themselves in spite
of the warm weather.
The faculty members who received
the guests were : President and Mrs.
Harvey Andruss, Dr . and Mrs. Thomas North, Miss Bertha Rich, Mr. and
Mrs . Walter Rygiel, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bailer, Mr. Edward Reams and
Miss Lucy McCammon .
There was a large number of V-12's
present and quite a few out of town
guests. The contrast of the boys in
their whites and the varied colors of
the girls' dresses afforded a vivid
picture.
During intermission punch was
served. Many of the couples had snapshots taken by A/S Scaramuzza.
The dance was one of the finest
social events that the college has
sponsored this trimester.

Teachers -in-Service
Have Gala Evening
Seventeen teachers-in-service who
completed work for Bacculaureate
Degrees at the close of the Summer
Session were tendered a dinner and
theatre party, Thursday evening, August 10. The dinner was served in the
college dining hall. Mr. Andruss and
Dr. and Mrs. North were the .faculty
guests present . Later the group attended the movie, "Up In Arms" at
the Capitol Theatre in Bloomsburg.
Those who completed work for degrees are : Lena J. Abereant, Jean V.
Ackerman, Sara E. Birth, Julia E.
Brugger , E. Victori a Smith Bundens,
E. Christine Diehl, Regina R. Dougherty, Sara Smull Free, Veronica B.
Grohal, Edward F. Hendricks , Eleanor M. Johnson, Ruth Bishop Jones,
Louneta Lorah , Jessie E. Propst , Lucinda K . Vought , Carrie I. Yocum and
Sara E. Gaugler,

burg and here is a digest of her article.
One of the first colleges to offer
flight training and ground school as
a summer course for high school
students from 14 to 17 years old, the
State Teacher's College at Bloomsburg graduated its first class on August 2. High school teachers in preflight aeronautics also had an opportunity to take the four week course,
which can be used in making college
certificates permanent and credited
in fields of science and mathematics-.
In the last three years all-out effort
throughout the nation has been expended on military aviation training
with little or no opportunity for airminded civilians to try to learn to fly.
So response to the Bloomsburg course
was immediate and intriguing in its
implications for post-war aviation education.
Enthusiasm for flying was not restricted to youngsters. So many requests for enrollment were received
from adults that the college expanded
the course scope and among others
who have enrolled are a Brooklyn
teacher who wants to get away from
the city as much as she wants to fly,
a debutante, several discharged veterans, and a woman law student. Interest has been sufficient to warrent
courses in August and September .
Well equipped to handle the aviation program, Bloomsburg State
Teacher's College, in conj unction with
the Bloomsburg Airport, has trained
more than 1,000 Army and Navy pilots and air-line personnel. Aimed at
developing a post-war pre-flight aeronautic curriculum for secondary
schools, the summer session includes
seventy-two hours of ground school
and ten hours of flight training.
Of additional interest to the youngsters, parents and vacationists are
the phases of camp life including
swimming, hiking, picnics, and game
instruction . Rooms are provided in
college dormitories and meals are
served in the main college dining hall.
Less sure of the ease with which
America can prepare itself for an air
age, educators throughout the nation
are looking toward programs such as
Bloomsburg's for pointers in their
aviation educational currlculm .
With the assistance of the preflight education division of the Civil
Aeronautics Administration, many
colleges and universities offered summer courses for teachers in 1942 and
1943. This year the programs have
been expanded in most states. Tennessee has given 100 scholarships for
flight and ground training to its tea( Continued on page 4)
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Editor-in-Chief
Henry Slocum
Make-up-Editor
Robert Ferullo
Sports Editor
Bob Megargel
Feature Editor
Dora Brown
Business Manager
Helen Mae Wright
Reporters — Peggy Anthony, Althea Parsell , B ernice Gabuzda , Earl Rectanus,
Ann Williams, Kirby Smith.
Typists
Kay Kurilla, Evelyn Whitman
Faculty Adviser
Mr. S. W. Wilson
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1944

Brotherly Love, Where Art Thou?
Recent events in Philadelphia , on ce known as "The City of Brotherly
Love", are serious enough to make any thoughtful citizen ashamed . Philadelphia , we are told ranks second in the nation's war production . Yet , a daily
absenteeism of 900,000 workers from the city 's war enterprises alone has
resulted from the "stayout" strike engineered by the employees of the
Philadelphia Transportation Company. The strike is especially deplorable
when an analysis is made of its motivation . On the surface it appears that
the direct cause of the strike was the upgrading of eight negroes to the
posts of car operators. Again narrow-mindedness, prejudice, and ignorance
have scored as victory on the home front.
In the Philadelphia strike the white operators have aligned themselves
against changing the status quo of the negro labor market. Using a Freudian analysis it is possible to conclude that this flare of prejudice against
the Negro is only the outward manifestation of a suppressed fear that any
change in the scope of the Negro labor market will cause increased economic competition for white labor . Th e con ception of cl ass consciou sness and
class unity finds its immediate roots in the economic competition institutionlized by the capitalistic system.
On this basis, the strikers should not be indicted for their actions in Philadelphia. The responsibility lies most heavily upon the serious inadequacies
of adult education . By education is meant not propaganda against racial
prej udice, but education upon a social-business foundation , consumer education , labor-union education . A liberal outlook is more likely to emerge from
among people with a somewhat secure social and economic situation and with
a background of education , than it is from among the same people with no
educational background. The P. T. C. is an evidence of the renewed stress
that must be put upon adult education . Education is the very essence of a
democracy. The P. T. C. strike is one of many 'evid en ces t ending to show
that we cannot continue to exist as a free people unless we have a complete
reorganization and a shift in stress in the field of education . Educate the
adult consumer and a partial solution to the problem will have been realized.

On Policies
Whenever a new editorial board assumes the responsibility for the publication of any periodical, there is usually a change of policy. In the case
of the MAROON AND GOLD the new editorial board is initiating the policy
based upon the maxin that , "student democracy 's foundation is a free
student press." As you know, no student democracy can exist unless its
members are fully informed of student-faculty relations, the activities and
functions of each organization within the college community, and the important trends in national and inter-national events.
To be specific the editorial board is making three changes. First, is the
addition of a student faculty opinion poll which will show what the college
community is thinking and what its reactions are to any questions which
may arise. Second, is the Insertion of a column on the arts, which will consist
of comments on activity In the fields of literature, music, and drama. Third ,
will be the presentation of a regular resume of important current events.
The residue of the paper 's make-up will be essentially the same with a few
minor changes In the sports department and the make-up of the face.
The editorial board commits itself to a policy which will insure its readers
an adequate knowledge of all vital topics which may present themselves
to the college community, or upon the national or international scene. In
this respect the board will welcome any criticism or any aid which its readers wish to offer.
These are times for all to take a renewed Interest in the preservation and
enjoyment of our American right to freedom of expression.

The Time For
Decision
I have just finished reading Sumner
Welles ' recently p ublished book, "The
Time For Decision ", I am convinced,
as I am sure everyone who takes time
to read Mr . Welles' book will be,
that this work may become one of
the most discussed and hotly debated
that has yet been written on the subj ect of post war policies.
The book is divided into three maj or parts. In the first part , Mr. Welles
writes of the mistakes made by the
Allied leaders at the close of the last
war , and of the blindness of the leaders of the Allied nations during the
tragic years in which Mussolini came
to power, Japan raped Manchuria, and
Hitler assumed the leadership of the
Reich from the faltering hands of
President Hindenburg. Welles writes,
"The three basic errors in Allied policy—the mistakes in planning for and
and in content of the League of Nations, the inconsistencies and weaknesses in the treatment of Germany,
and the failure to take account of
Russia—played their full part in making possible the breakdown in la ter
y ears of the bright plans of 1919 for
the creation of an increasingly stable
and peaceful world."
In the second part, Mr. Welles discusses some of the problems that have
and are confronting the world. He
discusses the Good Neighbor Policy,
with the view of one familiar with
it s workings as a regional system.
He terms eastern Europe and the
Ne ar Eas t an "area of Discord". In
dis cu ssing Japan , Mr. Welles says
th at the Japanese people "are governed more directly as a national
unit by blind hate and by the spirit
of revenge than any other people
of the earth". Welles says that the
United States and Russia will be the
two most powerful nations in the
post-war world for at least the first
few years. It is of interest to learn
that during the period when the
League of Nations was facing its
most decisive struggles for preservation that the Soviet Union was the
only major power that seemed to enter into the League 's deliberations
seriously and with any degree of sincerity. It is the responsibility of the
United States to persuade Russia
that it will be to her advantage to
enter into the organization and maintenance of a democratic world organization after the war. To me the most
significant thing in this whole book is
the statement that the German menace can be ended. In presenting arguments for this statement Mr. Welles
says that the principal danger after
this war is the wish of the American
people to return to normalcy. The
United Nations must be vigilant even
after the German defeat to prevent
the German General Staff from again
obtaining control of the German nation. In this respect Welles says,"Partition will do more than anything
else to break the hold which German
militarism has on the German peopl e, " United Nations policy toward
Germany should no,t be merely punitive but should have as its primary
desire the restoration of Germany as
a "safe and cooperative member of
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BACKWASH...
From the Navy
Third deck Waller Hall seem^ to be
once more taking on the atmosphere
1 of former Navy classes in the form of
a community sing or a "warble if you
wish conflab". Concerning these impromptu Happy Hours we may always
be able to call upon Greenspan for at
least a few minutes of entertainment.
We are still trying to figure why h e
makes the fellows laugh, it cer t ainly
can 't be his j okes, nevertheless they
laugh and seem to enj oy it also.
There are, at the present time,
three sailors who are looking for the
culprit who derives pleasure from tying knots in the mast rope. It's really
a great experience, but we wouldn't
want the flag detail to become too
discouraged if by any chance it should
find a knot in the rope.
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IN MEMOBIAM

One of our boys was missing, an hour
over due,
The officers were in a dither, they
didn 't know what to do.
As he came sprightly in laughing and
agog,
The Security watch took out their
pencils and put it in the Log.
The next day up before the C. O., he
firmly stood his ground,
Little did he know he'd soon be Bainbridge bound.
So, Southward from this valley and
traveling very fast,
Went dangerous Don Pastorius, the
result of a frivolous past.
By t he w ay, it seems fitting that
here and now we should say a word of
commendation concerning Miss Penn
and the fine work which she has been
doing. They say the army travels on
its stomach; notwithstanding the fact
that the Navy travels on its brains,
we also find good food indispensible.
Once more we say "good by e" to
two men who have gone from us, and
we sincerely hope that this will be
their windfall . Pastorius and Jenkins,
—good aft breeze and smooth sailing!
O what would the Navy do without
the Medical Dept ? Yes, the needles
have been taken from the alcohol and
are once again in the service. The fellas think the worst is passed but wait
until they feel that square piece of
steel . Oh , yes and while we are on
the subj ect of torture we might turn
to the brighter side and look at the
administrator . A young boy by the
name of Sprinkle who hails from the
great metropolis of Minneapolis. We
wish him a hearty welcome and trust
that he will find Bloomsburg as we
found it.
It has been rumored of late that a
memorandum from the Presidents
office is forthcoming. We understand
the Navy work details are keepingthe College grounds in such a condition as to warrant the laylng-off of
some college employees!
"Everything comes if a man will
only wait. "—
Tancred

A young Interne at the new Naval
Base Hospital , j ust outside of Washington , swears that ho heard oneskeleton there mutter to the onehanging next to him /'Say, if we had
any guts
at all, we'd got out of this
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Huskies Thwart
Danville Rally
' To Win 6*5
Copeland Is Star of Game
Although outhit 5 to 10, the Huskies were able to stave off the determined Reem Mfg. Co. team, of Danvill e, last Saturday afternoon and won
a 6 to 5 game played under a sweltering sun.
The contest was marked by close
field work and frequent base thefts.
In the fifth inning Copeland score d
single handed what proved to be the
winning run . He received a free pass,
stole second on the first pitch , moved
to third on the next offering, and
scored on the catcher's over throw to
the hot corner sack .
Len Sudek, who started on the
mound for the Huskies, needed assistance in the fifth . Gil Sitler finished
the game and hurled a hitless ball in
all but the eighth inning when Danville threatened to knot the score,
scoring once on a double, a single, and
a Bloomsburg error. The rally was
fin ally nipped with the score 6 to 5
in favor of B.S.T.C.
Danville drove out two singles in
the initial inning and scored one run
with the aid of two Bloom errors.
However the Husky stock soared in
their half of the first when with two
men out Graham and Jenkins singled.
Copeland drove Graham across with
a single and Jenkins tallied on a Danville error.
Sudek's lead was widened to four
runs following a three-run third inning rally. Jarvis, the starting Danville h u rler , w alk ed t wo men . Gordon
doubled them across and Schildmacher tripled to end the scoring festivities.
Danville preceeded to go to work
on Bloomsburg 's lead and succeeded
in registering a run in the fourth and
nearly tied the score with a trio of
singles and two runs in the fifth . But
Sitler made his appearance at this
time and the score remained 5 to 4
until Copeland' s one-man act in the
fif th.
The summaries show that Bloomsburg scored six runs on five hits and
committed four errors . Sudek allowed
four runs and eight hits in five and
two-thirds innings ; Sitler granted one
run and two hits in four and one-third
innings. Winning pitcher was Sudek.

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In case you haven't heard, the main sports topic being discussed on the
campus at present is the POSSIBILITY of B. S. T. C.'s repeal of the football disbandment amendment which went into effect way back during the
early conscription days. The men of the V-12 ranks have signified that they
would like to represent B. S. T. C. on the gridiron, and their eagerness to
produce a winning team is revealed in their early practice sessions. The
fellows have lots of spirit, lots of fight. It looks as though we are in for
some thrilling Fall Saturday afternoons.
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It hardly seems possible that King Football is j ust around the corner,
but it's true for the pigskin season will officially get underway in Chicago
on the night of August 30, when the Bears mix it up with the All Stars in
a charity game.
If football begins where baseball left off you can look for some attractive
post season bowl games. Strawberry Ridge Normal versus Laurel Hill Tech,
and undefeated Knob School for Girls against Meadowville U. It sounds
like an exaggeration , but at least the previously mentioned struggles would
sound as attractive as the "all St. Lou is World Series" which is doomed to
take place in October . The fellow who said last May that the baseball season would be full of surprises really had something on the ball.
Danny Litwhiler, Doc Nelson 's boy who wore the Maroon and Gold before
donning the St. Louis Cardinal uniform, is still in there slugging regularly.
Incident ally, he has committed but one error since May of 1943 and during
a recent Dodger game he stole the show in a most unusual manner, by being
thrown out at second.
Kurowski opened the inning when Dixie Walker muffed one which went
for two bases. Danny was nicked by a pitched ball, and both players advanced one base following Sander's sa crifice . Marion then hit a grasshopper
single over second, Kurowski scoring. Litwhiler made a break for third, but
scampered back to second believing that Hart, the second baseman, might
get hold of the ball. Seeing the horsehide drop in safely, Danny went into
reverse and once more darted for third. Th en , as an after-thought, he decided : "Better play it safe and go back to secand." He did just that , but not
before outfielder Olmo recovered the ball and shot it to Hart for a putout
on Danny at second, the base from which the one-man track meet began.
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Pete Gray, the one-armed outfielder of the Memphis Southern Association
Club.
Pete hails from the Wilkes-Barre region and is well known in these parts
for he opposed the Bloomsburg town team on several occasions while performing in the Tri-County League. He lost his right arm in a boyhood accident , but never gave up hope of playing baseball . Today he is the star of the
Memphis Chicks by virtue of his hefty .331 batting average and 51 stolen
bases which is a near league record. He has the art of fielding down to perfection . Gray keeps only half of his hand in the glove and grasps the ball
with his finger tips . Then he tucks his glove under his arm stub and throws
virtually without loss of motion . All eigh t Southern managers agree that
Pete is ready for the maj ors, and he will get his chance next season.
Yes sir, we'll cheer four times for a guy like that.

Via the
FIELDHOUSE
The sports fever has finally hit
Bloomsburg. It looks like a busy season for Husky athletics on all fronts.
Our new baseball coach, Mr. Davis,
has the baseball aspirants chasing
balls all over Olympus Field . Many
of the regulars of last season's varsity left after competing in a few
spring games, but the outlook is very
bright. With a new group of V-12's
in on July 1 and a grand turnout of
some of the older members of the unit
a hustling ball club is in the making.
Don't get scared at all the booming
around the lower field of late. It's not
an air raid, it's just the boys who are
overj oyed at getting a real pair of
football shoes on their feet. Yes, the
pigskins are squealing for fresh air
and the football season is not far off.
No offi cial announcements have been
forth coming but scuttlebut and aroused spirits indicate football practice is on the way. How about it Doc ?
The Soccer boys are ?€&&y kicking
up dirt. Last year saw a very good
Soccer team representing the Maroon
and Gold and there is no reason why
this year's shouldn't be a repeat perfor mance. Shoes have been issued to
all candidates , and the Soccer balls
have been taking punishment ever
since, along with a few shins.
At this spot in the column it's befitting to mention that Mr. Davis, our
Baseball coach is also the coach of
one of the best Soccer teams in the
stat e, Scott High School.
Between our Baseball, Football, and
Soccer men the grass is being kept
well mowed, and all appearances point
to a first-rate sports season.

On Camp us
Experience is the best teacher. This
proverb typifies Mr . Earl Davis, the
Huskies' baseball coach. Last Saturday afternoon when the college team
made one of several over throws, or
when three or four men tried to
catch the same fly ball the innocent
bystander started chewing his summer panama , but not Coach Davis.
Years of experience have taugh t him
that it is essential to remain calm and
collected even during the most crucial moments.
While attending Gettysburg College, he performed for two years as
the "Bullets" varsity quarterback on
the eleven, he was a three-year mem( Continued on page 4)

Aviation Courses
Attract Interest
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chers . Harvard has a summer program for teachers. Syracuse University off ers a tall course in the social
and economic aspects of aviation.
New Jersey State Teacher's College
offers a f all cou rse in its ex tension
division. And Lafayette has a summer
course for boys similar to Bloomsburg.

Summer Enrolment
Is Up 18 Per Cent.
There was an eighteen percent increas in the enrollment at Bloomsburg State Teacher's College this
summer over that of a year ago, although in the teacher's colleges of
the Commonwealth as a whole the
enrollment this summer was eight
percent below that of 1943.
The increase of enrollment in the
local institution is due to a marked
incr ease in the number of t each ers in
service who were in attendance at the
su mmer session . This phase of the enrollment was forty percent over last
year .
The summer session closed last Friday and the post session is now being conducted .
Besides the regular summer sessions two other programs are being
carried on at the college. One hundred and ten college students on the
accelerated program and one hundred
and seventy- five V-12 students are
continuing on the tremester plan and
the second aviation course is under
way with twenty-one enrolled.
The entire enrollment, this past
year, with the college now operating
on an accelerated program has been
the largest in the history of the institution.

The Time For
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world society." On the subj ect of partition Welles suggests a division based
upon the former German states before German unification. Since Russia
will no doubt demand a part of what
was originally Poland under the arrangements made at the close of the
last war , Welles would give Poland
the province of East Prussia. This
would Provide Poland with a far
more satisfactory access to the Baltic
Sea, than th e Polish corridor which
was especially vulnerable to Gennan
attack . Finally, Welles points to the
danger that will arise if Germany *is
allowed to continue as a centralized
state. His comment upon the German
General staff is especially revealing
as an explanation of what has happened in Germany to cause two maj or
wars within a quarter of a century.
In the third and final part of the
book , Welles exclaims that the time
is now for the principal powers—United States, Russia, Great Britain , and
China—to reach an agreement, and
to form a definite program to be carried into the era of postwar transition . On the subj ect of a postwar
federation Welles suggests the organization of a series of regional divisions, such as the already functioning
Pan Ameri can Union , but with adequate power maintained in each region to prevent war within itself. The
regions would be organized under the
j urisdiction of an executive council
and possibly a world congress . The
nations in each region would have to
agree to allocate armed forces to the
executive committee in the event that
any region should be incapable of
quelling a disturbance within itself.
"The Time For Decision" is written
by a man most capable of presenting
the subject matter which it contains.
The book represents one of the most
sane and far reaching approaches to
postwar organization that has yet
been written .
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New York Dramatist
Dr. George Stover
Ente rtains Students
Is Guest Speaker
The College community had as their
guest artist on Monday morning, Augu st 14, Miss Kathlone By am . Miss Byam is known for the many dram atic
performances she has given in New
York .
The title of Miss Byam 's progra m
was, "American Milestones" Plymouth to Bataan , in which she depicted five scenes of American life.
The first scene portrayed by the
artist was a scene from the early life
of the inhabita nts of Plymouth. This
scene was followed by Courage of the
Commonplace, the setting of which
was Ohio in the year 1832. In the
third scene, Miss Byam portrayed the
part of a woman athlete during the
1932 Olympic Games in California.
The frontier of '33 was clearly revealed by Miss Byam's scene of a
typical family during the dark days of
the depression.
The climax of the performance was
the scene entitled Bataan. Miss Byam
portrayed the typical American woman of today, the def ense worker,
who supplies the implements of war
for our fighting men. Miss Byam's selection of costume for each scene added interest and reality to her performance.

On Campus

At th e final assembly session of the

si x weeks su mmer school t erm , held

in the auditorium on A ugust 11, the
students and faculty were fortunate
in having Dr . George F. Stover, a
leader in aviation circles throughout
the state and nation , as guest speaker .
Dr . Stover presently holds the position of curri culum consultant in the
State Department of Public Instruction , and aside from this duty , is Assistant Training Officer of the Central
Pennsylvania Wing of the Civil Air
Patrol .
The theme of Dr. Stover 's speech
was based upon the once popular
song title "There'll Be Some Changes
Made." H e rem arked that B. S. T. C.
is an example of an institution which
has gained recognition in the nation
during a very changing world, particularly with regard to the world of
aviation.
One of the highlights of the talk
was a statement of which most of us
can be proud . That is, "Bloomsburg
has been the first college to achieve
National prominence in the presentation of basic aviation programs for
high school students from the ages of
fourteen to seventeen."
Dr. Stover continued by saying,
"Aviation is a focal point around
which we can direct our thinking.
The presence of aviation students in
this assembly, representing 5 or &
different states, is evidence that only
a few places are available for aeronautic instruction."
Dr. Stover came to this assembly
directly from a convention in Harrisburg at which were both President
Andruss and Lt. Koch . As chairman
of t his conven t ion , Dr. Stover was
in an excellent position to relate to
us the conclusions, the findings and
the future plans of the conferees present.
The point most urgently stressed by
the speaker was that a definite aeronautical education program should
become more widespread throughout
the secondary school system .
In conclusion , Dr . Stover asserted,
"Teachers in our public schools will
have to work at the top of the pile
in the great aeronautical enterprise ,,
and will have to jo in in new tasks,
aside f rom the ordinary routine of
school activities. Bloomsburg, is a
well-equipped institution for giving a
realistic course for teachers."

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ber of the Gettysburg basketball team
and excelled for three years as shortstop on the college nine. His mates
elected him as their captain during
his final collegiate baseball season, a
season in which Gettysburg won
twenty-three consecutive ballgames
and met Holy Cross in Boston's Fenway Park for the Eastern Collegiate
Ch am pionship, but lost a thrilling 3
to 1 contest.
Following his graduation , he turned
to profes siona l ball for hi s brea d and
butter. Signing with Pittsfield , he
soon moved into faster ball with
Springfield and Baltimore before accepting a position as Physical Educational Instructor and coach of footb all , baseball, and basketball at Tyrone High School, N . Y .
Eight years ago he accepted a faculty position at the nearby Scott High
School and during this period his
teams have placed first three times in
soccer, three times in baseball, and
once in basketball. Only one of his
"Blue Jay" teams has finished lower
than second place. On this occasion a
An American airman in Icelnnd ,
Scott basketball squad wound up i^ wrote,
"It is so cold here the inhabithird position after finishing the reg- tants have to live somewhere else,"
ular season tied with Locust for second donors .
Mr. Davis, now the Supervising
Principal at Scott, is married and has
one son, who has the ear-marks of
another great short stop . But Earl Jr.
will have to play "heads up" baseball should he expect to match his
dad's excellent record.
A sailor in the Atlantic area wrote
home: "Dear Dad—Gue$$ what I
need mo$t of all ? ^That'$ right. $end
it along, Be$t W19he$. Your $on,
Tom, "
The father replied : "Dear Tom :
Nothing ever happens here . Write us
"Sir , I d ri lled dom prU onws Ilka
aNOther letter aNOn , NOw we have
say
you
goodbye."
to
said, sir!"