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48 Students Hit First Semester Dean's
List Says Late Release By Dr* North
Bloomsburg 's "Brains"
Attained 2.5 Quality
Point Average
Dr. Thomas P. North , Dean of Instruction , today announced the Dean 's
Honor List for the firs t semester,
1948-49.
As announced by Dr. North, forty eight students attained this high honor. Th e Senior s, with twenty-one students qualifying, dominated the honor list; the Freshmen followed , placing twelve students, followed by the
Juniors with eight students and the
Sophomores with seven students.
In order to attain this high honor,
a student must have a quality point
average of 2.5 or better for the semester and a cumulative average of at
least 2.0 while in attendance at
B.S.T.C.
Th e Dean 's Honor List, separated
by classes, follows :
Seniors: Edwin M. Allegar, Vern a
G. Cope, Ruth P. Elder, Herbert H.
Fox, Grace Alberta Funk, Sara A.
Graham, Theodore Harwood , Don ald
C. Houck, Donald F. Maietta , Dale E.
Mantz , Alfred J. Marchetti , John M.
Purcell, Emory S. Riefski, Arthur C.
Riegel, Helen M. Romanczyk, Stephen F. Sakalski, Charles R. Schiefef ,
Richard C. Stout, Ruth C. Von Bergen, Robert E. Williams, Jr., and E.
Anne Wright.
Juniors : Robert A. Baylor, Walter
Guy James, Edward F. Messa, Ner ine
M. Middleswarth, Andrew E. Palencar, Emory Rarig, Jr., Marth a L.
Teel, John Richard Wagner.
Sophomores: James A. Kleman,
Muriel F. Marks, Lillian Nlkvy, Dorothy Pichel, Charles E. Roberts, Jane
F. Scheetz, M. Eloise Symons.
Freshmen : Priscilla Abbott, Lois E.
Dzuris, Hugh H. Elliott, Geraldine M.
Fu nk , Ruth Glidden, Faythe M. Hackett, Barbara E. Harman , Adda L.
Keller, David M. Pellnitz, Lois J. Pulver, Barbara F. Smith, and Maryann
Stewart.
J ob Competition Rise
Forseen by VA Due to
Enl arged Enrollment s
Record-breaking college enrollments
since the end of the war will, in the
next few years, result in increased
competition for professional and administrative j obs, a Bureau of Labor
Statistics report, prepared for Veterans Administration, revealed.
Vocational advisers and appraisers
in VA guidance centers use the report
as an aid in counseling disabled veterans planning to take courses of education or training.
Because of the unprecedented number of college graduates entering the
labor market, the report said, employment requirements for many jobs
"are likely to be raised."
The report suggests that veterans
enter courses of education or training
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Knox Fellowshi p Meet s
At President 's Home
The Knox Fellowship, student organization of the Presbyterian Church,
: met at the home of President and
! Mrs. Harvey A. Andruss, Monday eve] nlng, February 21. Present were :
] Rev. and Mrs. G. Douglas Davies, Mr.
] Edward T. DeVoe, Mr. and Mrs. Harc old H. Lanterman , Dr. and Mrs. J.
J Almus Russell, Edward Shanken, Die ane Snyder, Yerda Ellison , Maryann
S Stewart, Jean Stewart , Russ Looker,
C Chris Kreamer, Don Parry , A nna
E Belle Russell, Carl Simon, John Reltn meyer, Marybert Kincaid, Robert
J Jewell, Harvey A, Andruss, Jr., Pat
S Sweeley, Mary Lou Transue , Harold
L L, Moyer, Jr., and Dr, and Mrs. Harv\ vey A, Andruss.
Two Hundred Tickets
Allotted Students f or
Retail Sales Conf ab
Admission to the annual Retail
Sales Conference to be held at the
College on Tuesday, March 10, will be
by ti ck et onl y. Two hundred tickets
have been set aside for B.S.T.C. students and will be available in the College Book S tore after assembly on
March 3.
The Conference, sponsored by the
Bloomsburg Retail Merchants' Association, the Bloomsburg Chamber of
Commerce , the Bloomsburg Rotary
and Kiwanis Clubs, and the Danville
Merchants' Association, promises to
be of interest to the entire student
body, rather than only to students in
the business education field.
Featured at the Conference will be
last year's outstanding speaker in the
retail selling field , Elmer "Siz zle"
Wh eeler, who will advocate the "Return to the Sizzle."
Mr. Wheeler will outline his "Fi ve
Famous Wheelerpoints," to be used in
building a foolproof "Tested Selling
Sentence," guaranteed to make sales
"more accurate and faster,"
It was Wheeler who popularized a
well-known drink by using the slogan,
"Only two Zombies to a customer."
He also changed "safety belts" to
"seat belts " in airplanes, as a less
startling thought.
Lutheran Students
Nam e D el egates to
R egion al C onference
Twelve B.S.T.C. students will attend the annual Lutheran Student
Association Regional Conference to
be held at Buck Hill Falls, March 4,
5, and 6. Delegates to the conference,
chosen in a meeting February 21, included : Susquehanna Area President
Emory Rarig, Robert Maza, Marilyn
Greenly, Barbara Greenly (a graduate of B.S.T.C.) Berdine Logan, Shirley Ashner, Russel Hawk , Ruth
Shupp, Merlin Beachell, Glenn Koplin, and Mr. Hinkle, faculty advisor.
The meeting was in the form of a
covered dish supper , held jointly with
the Lutheran Student League of the
local Senior High School.
A movie, "Boy Marries Girl," was
shown, and a discussion followed.
"President 's Scholarships"
Presented to Ben Burness
And Mary Jane Dorsey
Mary Jane Dorsey, and Ben Burness , students of B.S.T.C, were honored at a regular assembly in Carver
Hall when they were presented with
the first of the "President's Scholarships." In recognition of their qualifi cations , Dr. Harvey A. Andruss,
presid ent of th e College, and also t h e
donor of the awards, presented each
winner with a check for fifty dollars.
The chairman of the Scholarship
Committee, Dr. Kimber (2. Kuster,
presided over the presentation ceremony which was held recently in the
College Auditorium.
The "President's Scholarship," established last year by Dr. Andruss, is
hinged upon the royalty income from
a book written by the College President enti t led "Business Law Cases
and Test s," which was originally published by Prentice-Hall. This accruing
income is the foundation basis for the
scholarship grant which is awarded
to a student of the College who manifests his need and ability during the
first semester of the curriculum year
and for any other reaion is not eligible for the other scholarships offered
by the College or the Alumni Association.
Teacher Short age Is
Topic of Address to
200 Future Teachers
Bill Duncan , I nqu irer
Newspap er man , Tells
Of Per sonal Interviews
"National Trends and. National
Personalities" were discussed by C.
William Duncan, well-known feature
writer of the "Philadelphia Inquirer,"
in an interesting and. entertaining
address delivered before the college
assembly on the morning of February
17. Speaking from a vast background
of experience, for he has interviewed
3900 people during his years in the
newspaper business, Mr. Duncan was
well received by the audience and held
the attention of everyone throughout
the program.
Admitting the failure of his predictions of the outcome of the last presidential elections, the writer j estingly
announced that he is now the secretary of the EPPA (Ex-Political Prophets of America), of which organization Mr. George Gallup is president.
First among the personalities presented in words was "Dizzy " Dean.
This i§ the kind of eeeentrie figure
liked by newspapers because "they
keep things moving." He became the
greatest pitcher of his time, although
credit was given to Mrs. Dean, who,
as his very able business manager,
helped to make him a success.
Also in the field of baseball, the
audience heard of Connie Mack, who,
at 84 years of age, is still managing a
maj or league ball club. The three
reasons for the success of this "grand
old man of baseball" were stated by
Mr. Duncan as follows: (1) he has a
marvelous grasp on baseball, (2) he
found out that courtesy pays off , and
(3) he, Connie Mack , owns 51 percent
of the stock.
Having been assigned to cover Thomas E. Dewey at the Republican Convention, the speaker stated that he
liked the ability of this candidate
very much and thought that he would
have made "an outstanding president." In stating a reason for the
"turning of the tide" in the past election , Mr. Duncan said, "The voter
votes on the personality who catches
his imagination." Summing up briefly
the other Republican candidates, Robert Taf t was described as a man who
never talks "off the record." Harold
Town Booster Club To Stassen, governor of Wisconsin, was
"depending on young America to put
Fete Husky Gridders
him over for the nomination."
The Booster Club will entertain the Turning immediately to the other
College and the Bloomsburg High side, six reasons were given as attriAccording to Mr. Garner, there will School Football teams at a banquet buting to President Harry S. Trube two main speakers. One will be to be held at the Bloomsburg Consis- man 's amazing sweep in the recent
Dr. Ralph Fields, Executive Officer of tory, March 3. Herman Hickman, presidential election. (1) The philothe Division of Curriculum and In- head coach at Yale University, will be sophy of too many Americans is the
struction , Teachers College, Columbia guest speaker. Before taking over at "Don't shoot Santa Claus" variety.
University, and the other will be Yale last season, Hickman, former (2) Truman promised more than
Stewart C. Hulslander, director, Div- AU-American from the University of Dewey. (3) State tickets were weak ;
ision of Guidance, University of Mich- Tennessee, served as Army line coach few issues of local interest were put
igan.
before the voters to bring them to the
for several years.
Dr. Fields, one of the country's
polls. (4) The Republican party was
most outstanding leaders in the field ' Thirty-five letter men, four coach- smug and overconfident. (5) The
of education, holds the rank of Pro- es, and seventeen non-letter men and Negro vote was in favor of Mr. Trufessor of Education at Columbia, and ' managers will be present. This will man. (6) The farmer changed his
was formerly the Superintendent of < be the third banquet honoring the un- mind in the last ten days, swinging
Schools in San Jose, California, be-, defeated Huskies since the season 's his vote from Dewey to Truman. In
fore coming to Columbia. He also, close.
addition , the results of the voting in
served as Director of Instruction in
California, Iowa, and Ohio came as a
the California State Department oj Dramatic Club Presents surprise, being in favor of the DemoPublic Instruction. While in this latcratic candidate. In Ohio alone, 300,A one - act play, "Babbitt's Boy, " 000 Ohioans voted in the state contest
ter position, Dr, Fields did much toi
bring about the extensive improve- was featured at the regular meeting for selecting a governor and did not
ments in the public schools of Santa of the Orangeville Civic Club, Friday cast their votes for a presidential
Bar bara , California, which are in evi-¦ evening, February 18, at the home of nominee.
Mrs, C. A. Megargle. The cast in- Admitting that he hasn't admired
dence there today.
Mr, Hulslander, who recently left; eluded: Edward Mack, Elizabeth •• more than six or eight people in
the Pennsylvania Department of Pub-• Reece, Alekl Comuntzis, Harvey A, Washington in the past thirty years,"
lic Instruction where he had beeqi Andruss, Jr., Joan McDonald, and the correspondent expressed his adChief of Occupational Informationi Diane Snyder. Miss Alice Johnston, miration of J. Edgar Hoover by desand Guidance, will speak on the sub-• of the College Speech Department, cribing him as "a great man," This
j ect, "Organizing Guidance Servicesi assisted by student Richard Gleock- man, who could be making muchi
to Meet Pupil Needs."
ler, directed the presentation.
,
(Continued on page 2)
•Stanley Wengert, Assistant Director of Pennsylvania ^Teacher Certification , was guest speaker at a meeting of the F.T.A. held in Navy Hall
Auditorium, February 21.
»
In his address, "Opportunities in
the Public Schools," Mr. Wengert
stated that the already critical shortage of elementary teachers is becoming increasingly more so. Many of
the teachers now in that field are
teaching only on emergency certificates, which are not issued if a permanently certified teacher is available. A lack of interest in the elementary field is evidenced by the fact
that a few students are studying in
that field. Bloomsburg has only 19
Juniors in the elementary curriculum
at present. Salaries for elementary
teachers have been raised to compare
with those of the secondary field ,
however, and it is hoped that this
will create a wider interest in the
elementary curriculum.
In the secondary field , Mr. Wengert
reported that although there are
shortages in some subj ects, ther e is
Stark , Vincent -M acieko no critical dearth of teachers. English
and social studies as subj ect fields
Rated Best Amateurs
reached the saturation point.
I n Square Dance Show nearly
Business Education subj ects are not
Ned "Swanee" Stark, and the Joe f ar behind , although some teachers in
Vincent - Andy Macieko trumpet - ac- those fields hold only tempora ry cercordian duet tied for first place in an tificates. The geography field is comamateur show featured at a Square paratively wide open , and there are
Dance held in the Old Gym , Friday, many opportunities for teachers for
February 13. The five - dollar first the mentally retarded, according to
prize was divided between the two Mr. Wengert. There are also numerwinners. Others on the program were: ous positions available for teachers in
Phil Joseph, Dot Lovett, Mickey and the vocational guidance, psychology,
Patty Casula , and Joe Sopko. Lois dea f and blind , and speech correction
Datesman accompanied the singers fields.
Over 5000 emergency certificates
on the piano.
Dean of Men John Hoch also sang have been issued in this state, with
several selections. Frank Luchnick most of them in the elementary field.
and John Trimble served as the em- Every effort will be made by the Department of Public Instruction to alcees for the evening.
The dance was the third of its kind leviate this situation, according to
held this year, under C.G.A. sponsor- .Mr. Wengert. It may be inferred
ship. With the large number of stud- from this statement that graduates
ents attending it is apparent that this with degrees will be given first choice
type of dancing is becoming increas- at teaching positions in the State.
ingly popular.
"Secondar y Education f or Today " Wi ll
Be Theme of Annual Conf erence Here
A recent official release from the
College Secondary Education Department stated that its Annual Secondary Education Conference will stress
the theme "Secondary Education for
Today." Mr. Harry F. Garner, director of the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College Secondary Education Department , said that the conference will be
held on Saturday, March 26. He also
stated that the theme for the conference will closely parallel the new
developments in the field of high
school education as outlined in the
March issue of "Educational Leadership," the j ournal of the Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development of the National Education
Association.
Since the in-service program of the
College is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the finest and most outstanding in the state, this year 's con*
ference is expected to attract many
teachers, supervisors, and school administrators from the Central Pennsylvania area. Several hundred persons attended last year 's meeting
which was rated as one of the best
educational programs they had ever
attended,
Political Prophet Presents
"Trends and Personalities"
In 4'Star-Rated Program
..
Students Receive
Two F if ty Dollar
Scholarsh ip Awards
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Pabllihed Weekly by
The Studen t* of Bloomaburg State Teachert College
EDITOB-m-CHIXT — Robert O. Canouse
ASSOCIATE EDI TORS — Jounior L. Eddingcr and William A. Stimellntf
OrnCKt
A Peace Pro posal
Noetllntr Hall BOX 2(4
....
Responsible leaders throug hout the civilized world are convinced
that there can be no permanent peace or prosperity until ju stice under
law is established throug hout the world. Government b y t he peop le
transcending national soverei gnties and boundaries, capable of making
an d en f orcing univ ersa l ju st laws, is a goal that must be attained before the impending chaos of atomic destruction .
There are huge difficulties to be overcome before this plan can
become a reality. One is to devise the princi ples and mechanics of
such a, government—whether it is to embrace all countries , or b e
adopted by a succession of federations.
A panel of experts and students of government has assembled
and prepared a draft of a world constitution. This draft hopes to
provide the material for concrete discussion of measures by practical
statesmen.
The greatest debate has been to apportion the voting strength
of populations. Small nations fear to be engulfed by la rge ones , highly
civilized populations by backward ones, wh ite races by colored , and
vice versa.
This plan proposed by the panel has an ingenious answer; the
world is divided into nine homogeneous societies or regions—such as
Europe outside Russia , the Russian orbit , the Anglo-Saxons, the Near
East , the Middle East , Africa , India , Asia , and Indonesia.
Each of these would constitute an electoral college. Each college
would elect its representatives by popular vote, one delegate to every
million of population .
Then these colleges would constitute the Federal Convention
which in turn would elect the Council , and which would be the legislative authority for the world , or however many regions were included.
It would also elect the president , or executive. But the members of each
college would vote as individuals and world citizens, not as member of
any group.
This draft , as it now stands, is meant to include all races of people, and can only succeed if it is adopted by all. If this plan is carried
out by these nations and races of peop le, t h e nec essity for a United
Nations will be greatly reduced for this proposal is meant to provide
for many of the contingencies which up to the present time the United
Nations has shown itself to be grossly ineffective.
We mu st support this world government program , for it is only
through such a program that we can have lasting world peace, (g.j.)
Our White Elephant (A Feature Editorial )
Even if you 've never had it called to your attention , you 've undoubtedly speculated about the real purpose of a "homey-looking "
little building that is situated snugly between the maintenance garage
building and the miniature greenhouse on the campus of B.S.T.C.
"Gee, I wonder what that used to be?", and "Gosh , isn 't that a
cute little house?" are the general comments of many passing students.
Even some of the intelligentsia of the senior class at Blooomsburg are
at a loss as to what its purpose is or ever was. Then there are the more
informed who can tell you that this quaint little structure was once
used to isolate students stricken with contagious diseases. There is
truth in this latter statements , although a present investigation would
find the little white house bulging with superfluous equipment.
What is the real story? Here it is briefly.
As was previously mentioned, this building was, at one time , used
to house students on the campus who were inflicted with contagious
diseases , but it was not constructed originally for such a purpose.
Would you like to take a guess as to what the initial motive was?
Well , I'll tell you , because I don 't think you will ever guess correctly.
The building was once the college 's ice house! •
Yep, back in the days when electrical refrigeration was a potential ice cube, this little "doll house " was the storage center for the Normal School's supply of ice. When the Bloomsburg Normal School installed a refrigeration system they eliminated any further need of an
ice house.
Very conveniently, the class of 1915 decided to donate approximately four hundred dollars to help remodel the building , and so a
basement was made of the old ice pit with corresponding ly-heavy
planks laid to funish a floor. Further alterations included partitioning
of the house so that it included four bedrooms , a bath , and a kitchenette.
For many years this little house has stood as an isolation ward ,
but , fortunately, such cases were so rare that little use was made of it
and within the past ten years the building has been used to store just
about everything.
Nevin T. Englehart , superintendent of buildings and grounds at
B.S.T.C , states that the little white house is now badly in need of a
new roof , but it does not require any other repairs at the present time,
Undoubtedly, a little paint here ana there would also help to brighten
the structure's physical features,
Mentioning the current repair-needs of the building might bring
to mind an idea that would be worth following up—namely setting up
of plans to turn this unused edifice into a student union or student
government headquarters,
Such a plan could be facilitated very nicely by a class allocation—
say the class of '49—to help make any necessary repairs and to help
supply what minimum amount of furniture that would be needed to
begin this worthwhile project.
It has long been conceded that the rapidly increasing responsibilities of the student government have necessitated more work—more
work has necessitated more room. Why not think it overl It would not
only give our student government at B.S.T.C. more room to work , but
it would also give a very individual and certainly more attractive place
to meet , besides utilizing available bulding space, (fj )
TRAIN SONG
I
by Max Kaplan
Did you ever feel commotion
While receiving locomotion
And try to think of things that
happened ,
Trying but in vain ?
And the sum of your reflection
Is a hazy recollection,
And all that comes to mind is
The rattle of the train ;
Just the rickety-rackety, ricketyra ckety
Rattle,of the train
Ju st the, rickety-rackety rattle of
th e train.
And vaguely you remember
And your mind tries to dismember
The little thoughts of things you
try to
Bring to mind again ;
But then you hear the clutter
Of the train 's insistent mutter ,
Resulting in the rhythm of
The rattle of the train ;
Just the rickety-rackety, ricketyrackety
Rattle of the train,
Just the rickety-rackety rattle of
the train.
Miss Hazen Attends Annual Institute
On Reading at Temple University
1
"The Semantic Approach
To Reading" Is Theme of
National Conference
Miss Edna J. Hazen , Director of
Elementary Education , recently attended the Annual Institute on Reading which was held at Temple University from January 31 to February 4.
The theme of the Reading Clinicpr omoted conference was "The Semantic Approach to Reading. "
Over five hundred delegates attended the Ins t it u te , with all sections of
the country being represented. Speaking of th e membership interest , Miss
Hazen commented , that the last five
years have brough t a change in the
interest of members who attend. Formerly, the institute was attended
mainly by administrators and supervisors ; this year, however, teachers of
remedial reading composed the largest group attending. In connection
with this, Miss Hazen further added
that this change in representation is
due to the fact that, in many cities,
one teacher instructs pupils throughout the entire course of remedial
reading. The instructing teacher may
httve a change in the personnel of her
class because as a pupil attains satisfactory achievement, he remains with
his class as a full-time participant ,
while there is a continual influx of
new members into the group. This
encompassing control over students,
which is exercised by these instructing teachers in the direct field of
remedial reading, has made it necessary for the membership ranks of the
Institute to be widened.
Over one hundred of the Institute
faculty, most of whom are specialists
in their particular field , were formerly instructors in the Clinic. These
members took part in daily demonstrations concerning such topics as:
"Improvement of Visual Performance," "How to Teach Phonetics,"
and "Remedial Procedures."
According to Miss Hazen, t here is
much interest being shown among
students concerning a college reading
program for freshmen. Whenever college students are found to be failing
in the general subj ects of the curriculum, their instructors invariably
question the ability to read and study
properly. When tests, such as the
Iowa Silent Reading Test, or the Ohi o
State Psychology Examination , are
administered , it is generally found
that the subj ected student is deficient
in specific reading abilities and skills.
Some colleges encourage the student
to enroll in a non-credit course. This
instruction improves his reading ability, usually with the result that satisfactory adjustment and achievement
in the regular college channel of
work is increased.
On the semantic approach to reading, Miss Hazen forwarded, "We are
all accustomed to the use of the radio
in our homes, but not many teachers
have used the radio in the classroom
to aid reading. Mrs. Ruth Weir Miller, Uni versity of Pennsylvania radio
lect u rer , presented ways in which the
radio is a road to reading, and proved
beyond doubt that 'radio , used with
wisdom and intelligence, can widen
reading horizons. 1 " In conclusion Miss
Hazen pointed out , "It must be the
mission of the school to direct the
listener to worthwhile programs, and
to capitali ze on listening for school
att ainment. Teachers have found that
radio-listening increases demands for
reading materials, and is a strong
in centive for more reading."
Political Prophet
Presents Program
( Continued from page 1)
more money elsewhere, remains at
his j ob, in spite of the fact that many
people consider that he is taking a
great risk of losing his life. To Mr.
Hoover , how ever , crooks are jusv
And then you try to stimulate
"punks. "
Your mind so you can concentrate
In his personal opinion , Mr. Duncan
You light a cigarette, relax,
considers
Helen Hayes as the best
And try to think again;
actress
of
the American stage. Miss
But in vain your stimulation ;
Hayes' reason for her liking of the
'Taint the time for concentration ;
stage was given as the freedom of the
And soon you 're lulled to slumber
actress to select the part she is to
by
portray, while an actress under conThe rattle of the train;
tract to a movie company must folBy that rickety-rackety, ricketylow more the dictates of the fron t
rackety
office. Katherine Cornell holds second
Rattle of the train ,
place in this one-man popularity poll,
Just the rickety-rackety rattle of
and Tallullah Bankhead follows as a
th e t rain
close third. Miss Bankhead is a sports
fan who can talk very ably about the
Giants, and yet she can change rapidGeography Frat Meets
ly and easily to expressing her enIn a February 21 meeting in the
thusiasm about the stage.
Science Hall Social Rooms, Iota
Some advice to the ladies present
Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon
was given in the words of Lillian
voted to pool all lesson plans made
Tashman, who believes that "men in
up by students who are practicereal life are bigger suckers than on
teaching geography. The lesson plans
stage and screen." To get your man,
are to be kept in the fraterity 's fil es
let him do all the talking . . . every
and used as guides by future student
fifteen minutes look up into his eyes
teachers in geography. Dr. H. H.
and say , 'What makes you so wonderRussell, sponsor of Gamma Theta,
ful ? 1 "
presided at the meeting.
The biggest thrill believed capable
of being experienced by anyone is exAn elderly lady was driving along
pressed from Admiral Richard Byrd .
nonchalantly. Turning a corner, she
To him this thrill comes in claiming
ran over a poor inebriate who was
for the United States land that has
crossing the street. Without change
never before been seen by any man.
of emotion , she stopped the car, rolled
Mr. Duncan described Byrd as the
down the window, and called, "You
second best looking man he has ever
had better watch out there, young
interviewed.
man!"
ft
An interesting sidelight was brough t
Rising on one elbow, the drunk said,
into the picture by way of the person"Ye gads, lady, don't tell me you 're
ality
of Paul V. McNutt , considered
gonna back up!"
by the lecturer as the best looking
man he has interviewed. Here, according to the speaker, is an example
Just Joving
of "breaks playing an important role
in life." If McNutt had gone fishing
in 1940, he might have become president. As the story goes, he was set
to leave on a fishing trip; but, being
a strong party man , he decided to
stay and attend the nominating convention. Here he was asked by President Roosevelt to withdraw from the
vice presidential nomination. This request he carried out because of his
great loyalty to the party. Upon his
withdrawal the nomination was given
to Henry Wallace, thereby placing
him in the limelight In the nation 's
capitol.
Returning to well-known names in
sports as his closing figures, Mr. Duncan spoke of Bob Fellor. This young
baseball star has learned a lesson:
"that he must cooperate on one thing
at a time, and the Important thing ho
should concentrate on is pitching
baseball for the Cleveland ball club,
for that is his bread and butter."
A bit of very sound philosophy, as
expressed by Notre Dame's Immortal
Knute Rockne, brought the program
to a very effective close. "In any walk
of life whatever, to be successful . . ,
you have to be familiar with the
teamwork involved in the task to
which you set yourself, In the game
ay ueorge , that reminds me— *! was supposed to get Martha of football , as in the gamo of life, you
cannot fail your fellow man and win. "
some molasses.
I Bloomsburg Courtmen Tumbled Twice; at Lycoming Tonight
SIDELINES
IN SPORTS . . .
I
by Wayne Von Stetten
¦
Last week's unexpected balmy spell
¦
awakened us with the realization that
I good old Spring isn 't too far around
I the corner. Yep, soon the familiar
1 sound of horsehide meeting hickory
will echo down from airy Mt. Olympus. You fellas who like to belt and
throw that apple, fish that old glove
out of the dusty closet and watch the
bulletin boards for announcements
concerning pre-season practice.
We can't leave Spring sports without briefly commenting on the attractive schedules that Messrs. Hoch,
I Redman , and Wisher have lined up
I for you Husky track and baseball
I fans. The baseball team faces a tenta1 tive fourteen-game schedule (four in
one week!), including such newcomers as The Second Army from Fort
Meade, Md., Susquehanna University,
Wilkes College, and Ithaca College
from up New York way. With this
line - up, Coach Redman is spending
his waking and sleeping hours dreaming of a few long ball belters and a
half dozen or so nine-inning twirlers
—incidentally, both were sorely lacking last year.
The Husky track team faces the
I same schedule as last year, with the
1 exception of one change. East StroudsI burg has been eliminated. Sorry to
I see the Big Red cut off—Husky-ESTC
1 meets have always been packed with
'! th rills.
Once again the hardwood pounders
are about to bid adieu for another
year. At this writing only one game
remains on a skimpy sixteen - game
Husky basketball schedule. We would
like to see our team play at least
twenty encounters per season. Today,
sixteen court games constitutes a
Class C high school schedule. Your
writer has talked to many loyal
Bloomsburg fans concerning this matter, and they all are of the same
opinion — they 're not ready to bid
farewell to the college basketball
season this early. The campus is
aware of the financial difficulties involved, but let's make a concerted
effort to squeeze Elizabethtown and
Kutztown back on the 1949-50 schedule.
Our cagers are still talking to themselves about Shippensburg's Jackie
McClelland and his phenomenal setshooting in last Saturday's game. No
less than seven consecutive times
from midcourt , the black-haired deadeye hit the hoop during the crucial
stage of last week's battle. Elm
Kreiser, Husky guard , when questioned, mu t tere d, "Never have I seen a
better exhibition of set-shooting. He
personally took the victory from us."
Lost Friday 's defeat at the hands
of Millersvillo came as no surprise—
the Marauders are a tough outfit to
deck on their home court. It's been
at least seven years (of normal Intercollegiate basketball competition)
since a Husky quintet has taken the
Lancaster Countians into camp on
their own floor.
Notes from Here and There . . . .
Danny Litwhiler and his family left
during the week for Palm Beach ,
Florida , where Danny will commence
Spring training with the Cincinnati
Reds of the National League. I'm
sure all you fans join me in wishing
the popular Bloomsburg alumnus all
the success in the world during the
coming campaign . . . Our own Johnny "Congo " Maturan l, coach o f t h e
Bart' s Oilers of the Intramural League , has the distinction of never having
coached a losing basketball team.
"Congo" was coach of a g rou p of
barnstorming H u s k y basketbnllers
l ast y ear , during which time they
captured thirteen victories—added to
the Oilers ' initial triumph in the Intramural League, this gives Coach
Maturani a perfect slato with fourteen wins,
Millersville Marauders Maul Husky
Five in Last Period Scoring Spree
Winners Tack on Twenty-one
Tallies To Down Wishermen
Last Friday night witnessed the
first of two def ea ts administered the
Huskies by the down-river quintets
when the Millersville Teachers squad
toppled the Huskies by a 46 to 38
count.
After leading for three periods and
holding a five-point lead at threequarter mark , the Huskies fell prey
to a merciless Marauder onslaugh t of
21 points in the final canto. The
Huskies gained only eight pointers
during this last and decisive period.
Smokey Andrews was top man on
the scoring totem pole with 14 notches for the losers, thus topping Millersville's Pecuich who ran up 13. Runnerup for Bloomsburg was Bobby Kashner who collected nine; Charley Boyer followed with seven. Two other
men reached the double digits for
Millersville. They were Korkuch , with
11, and Depol, with 10. Eight of
Depol's 10 counters came in the last
measure of court - tactics for the
night.
The Huskies zipped 16 field goals
and sank 6 out of 11 fouls. Millersville had 17 field goals and made good
12 out of 23 foul tries.
Bloomsburg
Boyer
Bar tleson
Kashner
Kreiser
Banull
Jones
Andrews
Pos. FG F Pts.
F. 3 1-3 7
F. 0 0-0 0
F. 4 1-2 9
C. 1 1-1 3
G. 1 1-2 3
G. 1 0-0 2
G. 6 2-3 14
16
Millersville
Korkuch
Ross
6-11 38
Pos. FG F Pts.
F. 4 3-5 11
F. 0 1-2 1
Eagles Cage Squad To
Play Benef it Game in
College Gym Tonight
Shippers Edge Out Bloomsburg Quintet
By 56-52 Score in Hard
'Fought Battle
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McClelland Displays
Set-Shot Artistry
Wishermen Will Seek
Win Over Lycoming in
Last Game of Season
A hot - and - cold Husky five will
The Philadelphia Eagles basketball
team, composed of members of last make its final appearance of the '48season 's national championship pro- '49 season on the Lycoming hardfootball squad , will meet the Valley woods next Tuesday night. The HuskShawnees, coached by Danny Lit- ies will really be out to scalp the
whiler, tonight in the Centennial Warriors in this fracas. A win over
Gymnasium. The game is scheduled the Lycoming squad will enable the
to start at 9:15. Admission will be Maroon and Gold quintet to still finsixty-five cents for college students. ish the season with a pretty fair
record .
The Eagles Aggregation features
On the other hand , however, the
such grid-greats as Jack Ferrante
'
and Pete Pihos, two of pro-football's Huskies realize that the Lycoming
best ends. Alex Woj ciechowicz, Ford- team is not to be taken with the wellham grad , and now one of the sport 's known "grain of salt." As was evitop centers, also leads on the court. denced in their recent meeting with
the Wishermen in Centennial GymEnd Dick Humbert is the Eagles' |
nasium, the Warriors have a hardscoring ace. Others on the roster are i fighting squad which plays heads-up
;
Bosh Pritchard , Jay McDowell, Larry
; basketball until the final buzzer
Gabrelli, and Bill Mackrides.
: sounds. The Lycoming five gave the
Litwhiler's Shawnees, sponsored by |Huskies quite a scare in the secondC. B. Gray, boast such outstanding half before being nosed out to the
j
local courtment as Charley and Joe tune Gf a 64-52 score.
Simpson, Carl Laubach, Pat Flaherty,
The Lycorrdr^g- attac k is geared
Jack Lenhart, and Joe Slusser. Ularound Jac"k Sowers and Gray, whose
shaffer, of Ringtown, and Bob Metzsize is no indication of their ability.
ler, are also late signers with the
Sowers' deadly set-shots and Gray's
team.
clever passing caused the Huskies no
The game is being sponsored by the small amount of grief in the previous
Bloomsburg Rotary Club, and the contest.
proceeds will go to the Bloomsburg
The Huskits' recent set-backs are
Youth Recreation Fund.
not indicative of the brand of ball
»
which they have been playing. During
recent
games, every member of the
Weaver
F. 1 0-0 2
squad
has
played fine basketball, and
Wenglasz
C. 2 0-0 4
much
favorable
comment has been
Depol
C. 4 2-4 10
Pecuich
G. 4 5-7 13 showered upon the team for making
Bernhart
G. 0 1-2 1 such a remarkable comeback after a
Todd
G. 2 0-0 4 disastrous first-half.
For the Lycoming contest, Coach
Wisher
will probably start the Banull17 12-23 46
Andrews-Kreiser-Boyer-Kashner combination which has been clicking in
recent weeks. With both teams gunning hard for a victory, the HuskyWarrior get - together should be extremely interesting.
Rock Glen . Larksville, South Williamsport, Freeland, West Mahanoy
Township, Butler Township, and Mt.
Carmel Township.
Tourney officials have found that
nearly twenty schools have expressed
The Penn State Undergrad Center
interest in the Class C competition , at Hazleton sent the Junior Huskies
and for that reason are now busily off the floor with the short end of a
engaged in contacting those teams in 69-43 score on Saturday, February
order to ascertain their willingness to 19, in a game played on the Weatherenter a qualifying round in order that ly High School court. This was the
the selection of eight teams for the second time the Undergrads
from the
Class C playoffs can be determined. Mountain City turned the
trick on
In the event that this qualification
the B-burg Jayvees.
round is satisfactorily arranged , the
The Huskies kept within tying distournament will then officially get
tance
for the firs t quarter, but from
under way on Monday, March 17,
with the Class C qualifiers competing that point the efficient Center cagers
Monday and Tuesday, March 7 and S, swept away.
Al DeGatis, Husky guard , hooped
for the preliminary-round games to
17
points, but the combination of
be played in the latter part of the
Garber, Kostick, an d Lamon ica , payweek.
Schools included in the Class C ing out 20, 16, and 15 respectively,
roster are : Kingston, Lehman Township, Falls-Overfield , Newton-Ransom,
Girardville, C a t a w i s s a, Nesco peck,
Moscow, Scott Township , Dush ore ,
Nurem bur g , Dall as Boro , Kin gston
Township, Monroe Township , Dalton ,
Muncy , West Wyoming, and Factoryville.
The defending champion of the
Class A bracket , Newport Township,
has not yet expressed a desire to
enter t hi s y ear 's matches. On the
other hand, Girardville, Class B champ
of 1948, h as ch osen to step down to
the level of the Class C matches for
this year. Warrior Run , Class C honor-bearer of the 1947 and 1948 titles,
will not compete this year because its
high school was closed during the
p ast y ear , and its pupils now going to
school In nearby Wilkes-Barre.
Interest Mounts As High School Cag e
Tourney Nears Initial Tap~Off Date
Although many of the prospective
high school basketball league teams
which are slated to participate in the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
Annual High School Invitation Basketball Tournament are j ust getting
into the final throes of competition
play, interest and enthusiasm in the
forthcoming tournament is steadily
rising to a new high. Thirty-five
schools in a six-county area have
already designated willingness to enter the tourney of '49 (the twentysecond in the history of the College) ,
and the officials in charge have found
it necessary to set up a qualification
round in at least one of the tournamen t's three classes of competition.
Speaking in connection with the
progress of the annual College-sponsored jo ust between teen-aged basketball clubs , John A. Hoch, director of
this year's games, said today, "The
response to the more than one hundred inquiries mailed has been most
heartening." However , he also explained that the final plans have not
y et b een com pl ete d , and that he and
his committee are still working diligently in order that a full card for
this year's games might be achieved.
Foi'mal invitations were mailed this
week to those schools which had previously indicated interest in competing in the tourney 's Class A an d B
brackets.
Mr, Hoch's list of schools is presented with an Invitation to play in
the Class A section is as follows: Edwnrdsvllle, Nnnticokc , Ashland, Old
Forge, Mt. Cavmel, K i n gston , Danville, Berwick, Bloomsburg, an d Sunbury. Bids for the Class B competit i on were f orwar d ed to Shlckshlnny,
Compliments of
Hazleton Undergrads
Down J ayvees, 69-43
22
Shippensburg
McClelland
Gordon
Chubb
Kurkuch
Bolton
Fralick
8-9
52
Pos. FG F Pts.
F. 10 1-1 21
F. 0 0-0 0
C. 5 5-10 15
G. 4 3-5 11
G. 1 0-1 2
G. 1 5-6 7
21 14-23 56
outscored the College team
selves with an aggregate of
Pos. FG
Bloomsburg
Schukis
F. 2
Byham
F. 0
Kleman
F. 2
Furgele
F. 0
Heller
C. 1
Ledyard
C. 1
Levan
C. 4
G. 0
Lang
DeGatis
G. 5
Butler
G. 0
by them51.
F Pts.
1-1 5
1-1 1
0-0 4
1-1 1
0-1 3
0-3 2
0-1 8
0-0 0
7-14 17
2-4 2
15 13-26 43
Hazleton
Gardner
Kostick
Lamonica
Garber .•
Gerhard
Talorivich
Pickavich
Sippel
McKousky
Pos.
F.
F.
F.
C.
C.
G.
G.
G.
G.
FG
1
7
6
8
1
4
0
1
0
F
2-3
2-4
3-4
4-7
0-0
1-3
0-0
lil
0-0
Pts.
4
16
15
20
2
9
0
3
0
28 13-22 69
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The Husky Varsity dropped the
second game of its weekend trip last
Saturday evening, losing a hard-played game to the Shippensburg five at
that school, by a 56-52 score.
With the Huskies leading at the
half , McClelland, Shipper sharp-shooting forward, went on a bucket-binge
in the third period, sinking 6 straight
shots from center court to put his
team out front.
After missing another, the same
player s;cored two more in the fourth
frame, in what was one of the outstanding scoring exhibitions of the
season. McClelland counted for 21
points at the finish. Chubb, long
Shipper center covered the backboard
and totalled 15 points in the bargain.
Charley Boyer gathered 15 points
for the losers, the only Husky to go
into the double digits.
With this defeat the Husky court
record went to eight losses and six
wins in fourteen starts.
Pos. FG F Pts.
Bloomsburg
Boyer
F. 6 3-3 15
Kashner
F. 4 0-0 8
Bartleson
F. 3 2-2 8
Kreiser
C. 2 0-0 4
Banull
G. 3 1-1 7
Andrews
G. 3 0-1 6
Jones
G. 1 2-2 4
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ANOTHER MEATBALL
by Max Kaplan
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Concerning the Faults of Females . . .
Last week the promise was made to list the 17 outstanding faults of
females,, and ever since the lassies on and about the campus have been cleaning and oiling their shotguns. Again, as before, it is to be understood that
this list represents nothing more than the results of a poll conducted elsewhere. We have considered a campus poll, but such a venture could lead to
unpleasant results. At any rate here's your list. You may try it for size, but
you don't have to buy it. Here we go, so hang on to your hat. Women are
too: (1) Extravangant, (2) Mercenary, (3) Sensitive, (4) Gossipy, (5) Jealous, (6) Ambitious Socially, (7) Emotional, (8) Intemperate in their Smoking and Drinking, (9) Artificial, (10) Deceitful, (11) Impractical , (12) Nagging, (13) Possessive, (14) Catty, (15) Rude, (16) Selfish , and (17) Clothes
Conscious. However, it isn 't quite as bad as it may seem, for the experts
have decided that the average woman has no more than five of these faults.
You lads could use these numbers to set up a code system for evaluating
females. For instance, an evening spent with a 7-13-17 might not be bad at
all.
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Hear Dem Bells . . .
And if you can, your hearing is exceptional. The warning bell system
is becoming feeble with the infirmities of advanced years. Legend has it that
the present bell and clock system was installed in 1839. Experienced clock
watchers claim they are getting bad nerves from listening for bells that
never ring. Subtle means of informing instructors that the period is over
have been devised, but they don't always work. On a number of occasions,
students have sat with their coats on through an extra five or ten minutes
of lecture. It seems that it might be a good idea to equip each lecture room
with a horn similar to the one on the Scoreboard in Centennial Gymnasium.
That way we could all get a jumping start for the next class.
*****
A Quick Look at the Crystal Ball . . .
B.S.T.C. might have its first post-war interfrat ball sometime between
now and the.end of May. The Interfraternity Council will meet sometime in
the next few weeks for a confab on the matter. But the crystal ball says no
frat ball this year. . . The coming C.G.A. election will be a disappointment
compared to last year's knock 'em-down and drag 'em-out affair. There are
not enough dark horse candidates in the political stable. . . The current curricular crack-down will cut a wide swath in the ranks of the probationers.
It might dim the Husky football outlook for '49. . . Obiter sales will break
all existing records. Three hundred copies are already in the bag, and the
market should be good for another hundred.
* * * * *
It's a Woman's World . . .
So now the BSTCo-eds have themselves believing that they were the
mes who got the male dormitory denizens into coats and ties J'or dinner.
Phey are like the fly who was riding on the axle of a chariot , shouting, as
the chariot raced along, "Lo! What great clouds of dust I raise!" They
have had as many violations of the 'full-dress' regulation as the men; and if
it weren't for the screening process at the dining hall door, you vould see a
pair of bobby sox. and saddles for every T-shirt. Besides , if they had their
own way, the men would be wearing spats and frock coats to their eight
o'clock classes. Nope, even though it is a woman's world, we j ust can 't give
the dormitory lassies credit for that piece of legislation.
*****
Three Hams and a Hammond . . .
Tuesday morning's assembly program sent us scurrying posthaste for a
quick look at Webster , to find out what a hussar really is. There we learned
that a hussar should normally be a brilliantly uniformed Hungarian cavalryman, and, in former days, a freebooter. Then we saw the point—after considering how our guests had freely booted their repertoire all over the stage.
The one bright spot in the whole program was the personality of Miss Hammond, but even her part of the act was little more than pulchritudinous
pastrami. The program committee has been doing a bang-up job, and they
can hardly be blamed for occasionally getting 'Hissers' confused with Hussars. So from the Doghouse box in the Carver Hall Op'ry House comes a
feeble woof for the White Hussars — they did their best, and that's the most
that can ever be expected of anyone.
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Straight from the Notebook . . .
The Prexy penning poetry at the Phi Slg f eed, . . Maxmillian, Muse
of the Meatball , gazing pensively from his North Hall window. . . Serving
line lassies serving the writer a helping of buttered scorn. . , Good to the
last drop: a local blonde dumping a cup of coffee on the head of a local
brownette. It happened on the second floor of Waller Hall. . . Tom Metzo
and Biff Krafchik sitting in their fo 'c's'le, talking over their favorite subj ect
—women. . . The Obiter Show , scheduled for Tuesday A.M., has been produced and directed by Zeke and Zita. It will be 90 minutes of fun and frolic.
Don't miss it! . . . Achtung ! Herr Hoch has proclaimed soft drinks verboten
in the college lounge. . . The ever-whistling Search making like a canary in
the corridors. . . The Maharaj a of Muscle Mansion passing a few words with
the proletariat in the chow line, and announcing that he might get a pair of
horn-rimmed glasses in the near future. With or without the cigar ? . . .
Transition : Franky, the Rio Susquehanna cowhand, has turned automobile
tire salesman. . . Inquirer-ing reporter Bill Duncan announcing with Deweyeyed innocence that he is not a rock-ribbed Republican. . . Shades of the
Little Flower: Phil Joseph at the square dance mike. . . A Trimble fan
barking furiously at John's act during the amateur hour. They may sign him
up . . . Phi Sigs are still talking about their Dutch Hill dinner. Campus
organizations planning banquets would do well to consider the Dutch Hill
church. . . Joe Sopko doing his western ballads whilst the gals in the gallery give out with ohs and ahs. . . Many thanks to the C.G.A. for the square
dance. Let's have one each month. They have been doing wonders for school
morale!1! (dlb )
This is the story of another meatball named Josephine. Josephine was
no ordinary meatball; she was different. Other meatballs dreamed of getting married and raising little bits of
chopped meat. Not Josephine. Other
meatballs dreamed of hob-nobbing
with the big cheeses. Not Josephine.
Josephine was an intellectual.
The way she figured was that from
time immemorial, meatballs have
been slaves to the carnivorous appetittes of unmitagated meat-eaj :ers.
Pu bli c opinion had asserted that the
meatballs place was in a dish of spaghetti. The average meatball had always accepted this subjection with a
grain of cheese, but Josephine was a
non-conformist. Thus she was not
only a meatb a ll , but also an eightball.
This made her a meightball .
Ever since she was a little meathead, Josephine dreamed of growing
up to be something like an airplane
propeller, or a diesel engine, or even
an atomic bomb. But first and foremost, Josephine wanted to be (Yes,
you've guessed it) a saxophone. You
see, Josephine had music in her sauce.
Deep down under, she was musically
ingrind. She loved to listen to the
butcher-shop quartette harmonize on
soup like "Meatballs for Two," "The
Meatball Blues," and "Meat M e in
St. Louis, Meat-head," bu t from t h e
start she had a premonition that her
aspiring ambition was doomed to failure.
Josephine tried hard to climb the
ladder of success, but she found that
the odds were against her. In the first
place , she was none-onion, and Petrillo had decided that meatballs and onions don 't mix. The other meatballs
laughed at her. Franco-American boycotted her. She was termed "radical. "
After bouncing around the SpaghettiCircuit for a number of years, Josephin e ended up a disillusioned, di sappointed, melancholy meatball. She
took to drink. One night she really
got sauced and collided with a flyingsaucer. This was her finish. As she inclined on her axis for the last time,
Josephine was heard to mutter, "All
my life I have been a meatball. Now,
if God w ills , I will become a saxophone."
Thus ends the story of another
meatball named Josephine. She was a
good meatball, but she was years
ahead of her grind. I like to think of
Josephine as somewhere in meatball
heaven, not a meatball any longer,
but a saxophone with a good, meaty
tone.
Here's to Josephine, the musical
meatball.
Job Competition Rise
( Continued from page 1)
"as closely related as possible to their
interests and capacities."
Those who plan to go into office
occupations, the report continued ,
should "consider specific training in
this field , as many employers prefer
workers with well-rounded business
school or college business administration training to those with college degrees in liberal arts."
A veteran seeking advisement and
guidance f rom VA "should be made
aware of the competition which he is
likely to meet in many fields," the
report said. "He will be well-advised
to consider more of the less-crowded
though perhaps less-glamorous fields ,
and to take courses which will enable
him to qualify for more than one type
of j ob."
Science Club Elects
uati uuoj , l oui uu ji
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New officers for the Science Club
were elected in a meeting January 13.
They are : President, James Kleman;
Vice-president, Bernard Zelinskl ; Secretary, Helen Tietj en; Treasurer ,
Nancy Crumb; and Program Chairman, Kenneth Borst.
The club will present a quiz program , under the direction of Kenneth
Borst, on the "College Hour " over
WLTR, March 7.
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.. KITTY AND HER YARN
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Borrowed
Banter
by
Kay Ohapln
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Coed: "Where is Elsie?"
Dean of Women: "I don't know. '.
She went to the Library."
—Banger r
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Defini tion of a glamorous girl : "A II
DOGH OUSE DOFFS DIGNITY. girl who has what it takes to take ?
"You can have my specs now, Mother , what you have. "
'cause believe ?me, I' ve seen every* * *
thing!" The obj ect of my affliction- Fa th er: "Young man , are your in- Doghouse Don Butcofsky sauntering tentions toward my daughter honor- •
out of a local "establishment" at tired able or dishonorable?"
Young Man : "You mean I have a .
in a bright red, ladies' flare back coat.
The amused clientele will never be- choice?"
lieve that Don hud but one cup of
* * *
coffee.
"Where did you get that black
eye?"
W. H. WOMEN WASH THE
"I was doing the rhumba with my
"EASY" WAY. Last Thursday, a
girl,
and her deaf father walked in."
representative from the "Easy " wash—Campus Reflector
ing machine company demonstrated
the electric washer which has been
* * *
installed on third floor. Clothes are He: "I certainly enjoy taking you
washed , rinsed, and whirled dry in to dances."
the cylinder — if only it could press She: "Why ? Because I stand out
and fold things, we'd really be livin '! in the crowd?"
He: "No , because you sit out in the
GYM ANTICS. Bebe %Reese and
Paul Slobozien are trying to give dark."
* * *
Frankie and Johnnie some competi"Where do bad girls go?"
tion. Did you hear them harmonizing
in the gym l ast week ? They left me
"Most everywhere. "
speechless — which was probably a
* * *
good thing.
"Is that man rich?"
MY MISTAKE. I was approached
"Is he! He's so rich he doesn't even
this week by a member of the know his son is in college."
"rhy thm band" table who indignantly
—Scottie
informed me that their glass banging
* * *
session was purely scientific. It seems "Is she a good dancer?"
they were attempting to discern the
"Fair."
number of vibrations of High C.
"Is Mary a good dancer?"
"Mary 's better still. "
HORSING AROUND. In the midst
of a Women 's Chorus rehearsal on
* * *
"Red River Valley," Gracie Smith People who live in glass houses
succumbed to temptation and made should have neighbors with glass eyes.
like "Trigger" — which promptly
* * *
brought down the house.
There are to me, two kinds of guys
BACKSEAT BANTER. A fellow And only two that I d espise:
with a girl on his lap said to the
The first I'd really like to slam—
adj oining couple, "Why do I r emind The one who copies my exam ;
you of Edgar Bergen?" (P.S.—This The other is the dirty skunk
really happened, but the girl was no Who covers his and lets me flunk.
"dummy.")
—Voo Doo
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C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S t o Ann
It wasn't an apple in the Garden
Marlette and Bill Kreisher on their
wedding February 19. Ann is from of Eden. It was just a green pair.
Shamokin and Bill is a freshman
* * *
here.
"I hate dumb women!"
DEAN HOCH'S CROONING is an"Aha! A woman hater!"
other good argument for the much-in* * *
demand Faculty Talent Assembly.
She started to diet.
Since none of her kindered were
AND HERE we will snip the yarn
thin ;
until next week.
She
has been waiting in quiet ,
— Kitty —
For hips that never come in.
—Saber
* * *
"Diogenes had the right dope."
"How was that?"
"He never even tried to find an
The Eastern Regional Volleyball
Tournament will be staged in Cen- honest woman."
* * *
tennial Gymnasium , Saturday, April
Two
English
writers were talking
2, under the sponsorship of the
P.I.A.A. After these Eastern Champ- about their profession :
First: "I write for royalty."
ionship matches, the title-winners
will meet the Western Pennsylvania Second: "For the King and
Regional champs at Pennsylvania Queen?"
First: "No, for the Jack!"
State College, for the state title.
Arrangements for the Eastern finals
are being handled by Chairman Jud- Some hold the profs in Idolatry ;
son V. Kast, District Four, J. Claire Others gaze on with humility ;
Patterson , Bloomsburg High School But I must say in all sincerity
Principal, and John A. Hoch, Blooms- I think they 're all stilted in insipidity.
burg State Teachers College athletics
—ItAB SAC
director.
* * *
a
woman
her age
Asking
Doctor — "Are you bothered by
Is like buying a second-hand car,r thing's! dancing before your eyes?"
Tired Business Man — "Not a bit. The speedometer has been set back
But durned if you can tell how far.
In fact , I like it very much. "
—Anon
Volleyball Tournament
To Be Played Here
Compliments of
Waffle Grille
For That Next
"COKE " OR LUNCH
"I
Try
Seth McClintock
Shoe Repair
Shop Hrs.—7:30-5:30
223 Iron St.
Gialamas
"At the. Foot of the HUl "
List Says Late Release By Dr* North
Bloomsburg 's "Brains"
Attained 2.5 Quality
Point Average
Dr. Thomas P. North , Dean of Instruction , today announced the Dean 's
Honor List for the firs t semester,
1948-49.
As announced by Dr. North, forty eight students attained this high honor. Th e Senior s, with twenty-one students qualifying, dominated the honor list; the Freshmen followed , placing twelve students, followed by the
Juniors with eight students and the
Sophomores with seven students.
In order to attain this high honor,
a student must have a quality point
average of 2.5 or better for the semester and a cumulative average of at
least 2.0 while in attendance at
B.S.T.C.
Th e Dean 's Honor List, separated
by classes, follows :
Seniors: Edwin M. Allegar, Vern a
G. Cope, Ruth P. Elder, Herbert H.
Fox, Grace Alberta Funk, Sara A.
Graham, Theodore Harwood , Don ald
C. Houck, Donald F. Maietta , Dale E.
Mantz , Alfred J. Marchetti , John M.
Purcell, Emory S. Riefski, Arthur C.
Riegel, Helen M. Romanczyk, Stephen F. Sakalski, Charles R. Schiefef ,
Richard C. Stout, Ruth C. Von Bergen, Robert E. Williams, Jr., and E.
Anne Wright.
Juniors : Robert A. Baylor, Walter
Guy James, Edward F. Messa, Ner ine
M. Middleswarth, Andrew E. Palencar, Emory Rarig, Jr., Marth a L.
Teel, John Richard Wagner.
Sophomores: James A. Kleman,
Muriel F. Marks, Lillian Nlkvy, Dorothy Pichel, Charles E. Roberts, Jane
F. Scheetz, M. Eloise Symons.
Freshmen : Priscilla Abbott, Lois E.
Dzuris, Hugh H. Elliott, Geraldine M.
Fu nk , Ruth Glidden, Faythe M. Hackett, Barbara E. Harman , Adda L.
Keller, David M. Pellnitz, Lois J. Pulver, Barbara F. Smith, and Maryann
Stewart.
J ob Competition Rise
Forseen by VA Due to
Enl arged Enrollment s
Record-breaking college enrollments
since the end of the war will, in the
next few years, result in increased
competition for professional and administrative j obs, a Bureau of Labor
Statistics report, prepared for Veterans Administration, revealed.
Vocational advisers and appraisers
in VA guidance centers use the report
as an aid in counseling disabled veterans planning to take courses of education or training.
Because of the unprecedented number of college graduates entering the
labor market, the report said, employment requirements for many jobs
"are likely to be raised."
The report suggests that veterans
enter courses of education or training
( Continued on page 4)
Knox Fellowshi p Meet s
At President 's Home
The Knox Fellowship, student organization of the Presbyterian Church,
: met at the home of President and
! Mrs. Harvey A. Andruss, Monday eve] nlng, February 21. Present were :
] Rev. and Mrs. G. Douglas Davies, Mr.
] Edward T. DeVoe, Mr. and Mrs. Harc old H. Lanterman , Dr. and Mrs. J.
J Almus Russell, Edward Shanken, Die ane Snyder, Yerda Ellison , Maryann
S Stewart, Jean Stewart , Russ Looker,
C Chris Kreamer, Don Parry , A nna
E Belle Russell, Carl Simon, John Reltn meyer, Marybert Kincaid, Robert
J Jewell, Harvey A, Andruss, Jr., Pat
S Sweeley, Mary Lou Transue , Harold
L L, Moyer, Jr., and Dr, and Mrs. Harv\ vey A, Andruss.
Two Hundred Tickets
Allotted Students f or
Retail Sales Conf ab
Admission to the annual Retail
Sales Conference to be held at the
College on Tuesday, March 10, will be
by ti ck et onl y. Two hundred tickets
have been set aside for B.S.T.C. students and will be available in the College Book S tore after assembly on
March 3.
The Conference, sponsored by the
Bloomsburg Retail Merchants' Association, the Bloomsburg Chamber of
Commerce , the Bloomsburg Rotary
and Kiwanis Clubs, and the Danville
Merchants' Association, promises to
be of interest to the entire student
body, rather than only to students in
the business education field.
Featured at the Conference will be
last year's outstanding speaker in the
retail selling field , Elmer "Siz zle"
Wh eeler, who will advocate the "Return to the Sizzle."
Mr. Wheeler will outline his "Fi ve
Famous Wheelerpoints," to be used in
building a foolproof "Tested Selling
Sentence," guaranteed to make sales
"more accurate and faster,"
It was Wheeler who popularized a
well-known drink by using the slogan,
"Only two Zombies to a customer."
He also changed "safety belts" to
"seat belts " in airplanes, as a less
startling thought.
Lutheran Students
Nam e D el egates to
R egion al C onference
Twelve B.S.T.C. students will attend the annual Lutheran Student
Association Regional Conference to
be held at Buck Hill Falls, March 4,
5, and 6. Delegates to the conference,
chosen in a meeting February 21, included : Susquehanna Area President
Emory Rarig, Robert Maza, Marilyn
Greenly, Barbara Greenly (a graduate of B.S.T.C.) Berdine Logan, Shirley Ashner, Russel Hawk , Ruth
Shupp, Merlin Beachell, Glenn Koplin, and Mr. Hinkle, faculty advisor.
The meeting was in the form of a
covered dish supper , held jointly with
the Lutheran Student League of the
local Senior High School.
A movie, "Boy Marries Girl," was
shown, and a discussion followed.
"President 's Scholarships"
Presented to Ben Burness
And Mary Jane Dorsey
Mary Jane Dorsey, and Ben Burness , students of B.S.T.C, were honored at a regular assembly in Carver
Hall when they were presented with
the first of the "President's Scholarships." In recognition of their qualifi cations , Dr. Harvey A. Andruss,
presid ent of th e College, and also t h e
donor of the awards, presented each
winner with a check for fifty dollars.
The chairman of the Scholarship
Committee, Dr. Kimber (2. Kuster,
presided over the presentation ceremony which was held recently in the
College Auditorium.
The "President's Scholarship," established last year by Dr. Andruss, is
hinged upon the royalty income from
a book written by the College President enti t led "Business Law Cases
and Test s," which was originally published by Prentice-Hall. This accruing
income is the foundation basis for the
scholarship grant which is awarded
to a student of the College who manifests his need and ability during the
first semester of the curriculum year
and for any other reaion is not eligible for the other scholarships offered
by the College or the Alumni Association.
Teacher Short age Is
Topic of Address to
200 Future Teachers
Bill Duncan , I nqu irer
Newspap er man , Tells
Of Per sonal Interviews
"National Trends and. National
Personalities" were discussed by C.
William Duncan, well-known feature
writer of the "Philadelphia Inquirer,"
in an interesting and. entertaining
address delivered before the college
assembly on the morning of February
17. Speaking from a vast background
of experience, for he has interviewed
3900 people during his years in the
newspaper business, Mr. Duncan was
well received by the audience and held
the attention of everyone throughout
the program.
Admitting the failure of his predictions of the outcome of the last presidential elections, the writer j estingly
announced that he is now the secretary of the EPPA (Ex-Political Prophets of America), of which organization Mr. George Gallup is president.
First among the personalities presented in words was "Dizzy " Dean.
This i§ the kind of eeeentrie figure
liked by newspapers because "they
keep things moving." He became the
greatest pitcher of his time, although
credit was given to Mrs. Dean, who,
as his very able business manager,
helped to make him a success.
Also in the field of baseball, the
audience heard of Connie Mack, who,
at 84 years of age, is still managing a
maj or league ball club. The three
reasons for the success of this "grand
old man of baseball" were stated by
Mr. Duncan as follows: (1) he has a
marvelous grasp on baseball, (2) he
found out that courtesy pays off , and
(3) he, Connie Mack , owns 51 percent
of the stock.
Having been assigned to cover Thomas E. Dewey at the Republican Convention, the speaker stated that he
liked the ability of this candidate
very much and thought that he would
have made "an outstanding president." In stating a reason for the
"turning of the tide" in the past election , Mr. Duncan said, "The voter
votes on the personality who catches
his imagination." Summing up briefly
the other Republican candidates, Robert Taf t was described as a man who
never talks "off the record." Harold
Town Booster Club To Stassen, governor of Wisconsin, was
"depending on young America to put
Fete Husky Gridders
him over for the nomination."
The Booster Club will entertain the Turning immediately to the other
College and the Bloomsburg High side, six reasons were given as attriAccording to Mr. Garner, there will School Football teams at a banquet buting to President Harry S. Trube two main speakers. One will be to be held at the Bloomsburg Consis- man 's amazing sweep in the recent
Dr. Ralph Fields, Executive Officer of tory, March 3. Herman Hickman, presidential election. (1) The philothe Division of Curriculum and In- head coach at Yale University, will be sophy of too many Americans is the
struction , Teachers College, Columbia guest speaker. Before taking over at "Don't shoot Santa Claus" variety.
University, and the other will be Yale last season, Hickman, former (2) Truman promised more than
Stewart C. Hulslander, director, Div- AU-American from the University of Dewey. (3) State tickets were weak ;
ision of Guidance, University of Mich- Tennessee, served as Army line coach few issues of local interest were put
igan.
before the voters to bring them to the
for several years.
Dr. Fields, one of the country's
polls. (4) The Republican party was
most outstanding leaders in the field ' Thirty-five letter men, four coach- smug and overconfident. (5) The
of education, holds the rank of Pro- es, and seventeen non-letter men and Negro vote was in favor of Mr. Trufessor of Education at Columbia, and ' managers will be present. This will man. (6) The farmer changed his
was formerly the Superintendent of < be the third banquet honoring the un- mind in the last ten days, swinging
Schools in San Jose, California, be-, defeated Huskies since the season 's his vote from Dewey to Truman. In
fore coming to Columbia. He also, close.
addition , the results of the voting in
served as Director of Instruction in
California, Iowa, and Ohio came as a
the California State Department oj Dramatic Club Presents surprise, being in favor of the DemoPublic Instruction. While in this latcratic candidate. In Ohio alone, 300,A one - act play, "Babbitt's Boy, " 000 Ohioans voted in the state contest
ter position, Dr, Fields did much toi
bring about the extensive improve- was featured at the regular meeting for selecting a governor and did not
ments in the public schools of Santa of the Orangeville Civic Club, Friday cast their votes for a presidential
Bar bara , California, which are in evi-¦ evening, February 18, at the home of nominee.
Mrs, C. A. Megargle. The cast in- Admitting that he hasn't admired
dence there today.
Mr, Hulslander, who recently left; eluded: Edward Mack, Elizabeth •• more than six or eight people in
the Pennsylvania Department of Pub-• Reece, Alekl Comuntzis, Harvey A, Washington in the past thirty years,"
lic Instruction where he had beeqi Andruss, Jr., Joan McDonald, and the correspondent expressed his adChief of Occupational Informationi Diane Snyder. Miss Alice Johnston, miration of J. Edgar Hoover by desand Guidance, will speak on the sub-• of the College Speech Department, cribing him as "a great man," This
j ect, "Organizing Guidance Servicesi assisted by student Richard Gleock- man, who could be making muchi
to Meet Pupil Needs."
ler, directed the presentation.
,
(Continued on page 2)
•Stanley Wengert, Assistant Director of Pennsylvania ^Teacher Certification , was guest speaker at a meeting of the F.T.A. held in Navy Hall
Auditorium, February 21.
»
In his address, "Opportunities in
the Public Schools," Mr. Wengert
stated that the already critical shortage of elementary teachers is becoming increasingly more so. Many of
the teachers now in that field are
teaching only on emergency certificates, which are not issued if a permanently certified teacher is available. A lack of interest in the elementary field is evidenced by the fact
that a few students are studying in
that field. Bloomsburg has only 19
Juniors in the elementary curriculum
at present. Salaries for elementary
teachers have been raised to compare
with those of the secondary field ,
however, and it is hoped that this
will create a wider interest in the
elementary curriculum.
In the secondary field , Mr. Wengert
reported that although there are
shortages in some subj ects, ther e is
Stark , Vincent -M acieko no critical dearth of teachers. English
and social studies as subj ect fields
Rated Best Amateurs
reached the saturation point.
I n Square Dance Show nearly
Business Education subj ects are not
Ned "Swanee" Stark, and the Joe f ar behind , although some teachers in
Vincent - Andy Macieko trumpet - ac- those fields hold only tempora ry cercordian duet tied for first place in an tificates. The geography field is comamateur show featured at a Square paratively wide open , and there are
Dance held in the Old Gym , Friday, many opportunities for teachers for
February 13. The five - dollar first the mentally retarded, according to
prize was divided between the two Mr. Wengert. There are also numerwinners. Others on the program were: ous positions available for teachers in
Phil Joseph, Dot Lovett, Mickey and the vocational guidance, psychology,
Patty Casula , and Joe Sopko. Lois dea f and blind , and speech correction
Datesman accompanied the singers fields.
Over 5000 emergency certificates
on the piano.
Dean of Men John Hoch also sang have been issued in this state, with
several selections. Frank Luchnick most of them in the elementary field.
and John Trimble served as the em- Every effort will be made by the Department of Public Instruction to alcees for the evening.
The dance was the third of its kind leviate this situation, according to
held this year, under C.G.A. sponsor- .Mr. Wengert. It may be inferred
ship. With the large number of stud- from this statement that graduates
ents attending it is apparent that this with degrees will be given first choice
type of dancing is becoming increas- at teaching positions in the State.
ingly popular.
"Secondar y Education f or Today " Wi ll
Be Theme of Annual Conf erence Here
A recent official release from the
College Secondary Education Department stated that its Annual Secondary Education Conference will stress
the theme "Secondary Education for
Today." Mr. Harry F. Garner, director of the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College Secondary Education Department , said that the conference will be
held on Saturday, March 26. He also
stated that the theme for the conference will closely parallel the new
developments in the field of high
school education as outlined in the
March issue of "Educational Leadership," the j ournal of the Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development of the National Education
Association.
Since the in-service program of the
College is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the finest and most outstanding in the state, this year 's con*
ference is expected to attract many
teachers, supervisors, and school administrators from the Central Pennsylvania area. Several hundred persons attended last year 's meeting
which was rated as one of the best
educational programs they had ever
attended,
Political Prophet Presents
"Trends and Personalities"
In 4'Star-Rated Program
..
Students Receive
Two F if ty Dollar
Scholarsh ip Awards
j fflaroon anb <©olb
Pabllihed Weekly by
The Studen t* of Bloomaburg State Teachert College
EDITOB-m-CHIXT — Robert O. Canouse
ASSOCIATE EDI TORS — Jounior L. Eddingcr and William A. Stimellntf
OrnCKt
A Peace Pro posal
Noetllntr Hall BOX 2(4
....
Responsible leaders throug hout the civilized world are convinced
that there can be no permanent peace or prosperity until ju stice under
law is established throug hout the world. Government b y t he peop le
transcending national soverei gnties and boundaries, capable of making
an d en f orcing univ ersa l ju st laws, is a goal that must be attained before the impending chaos of atomic destruction .
There are huge difficulties to be overcome before this plan can
become a reality. One is to devise the princi ples and mechanics of
such a, government—whether it is to embrace all countries , or b e
adopted by a succession of federations.
A panel of experts and students of government has assembled
and prepared a draft of a world constitution. This draft hopes to
provide the material for concrete discussion of measures by practical
statesmen.
The greatest debate has been to apportion the voting strength
of populations. Small nations fear to be engulfed by la rge ones , highly
civilized populations by backward ones, wh ite races by colored , and
vice versa.
This plan proposed by the panel has an ingenious answer; the
world is divided into nine homogeneous societies or regions—such as
Europe outside Russia , the Russian orbit , the Anglo-Saxons, the Near
East , the Middle East , Africa , India , Asia , and Indonesia.
Each of these would constitute an electoral college. Each college
would elect its representatives by popular vote, one delegate to every
million of population .
Then these colleges would constitute the Federal Convention
which in turn would elect the Council , and which would be the legislative authority for the world , or however many regions were included.
It would also elect the president , or executive. But the members of each
college would vote as individuals and world citizens, not as member of
any group.
This draft , as it now stands, is meant to include all races of people, and can only succeed if it is adopted by all. If this plan is carried
out by these nations and races of peop le, t h e nec essity for a United
Nations will be greatly reduced for this proposal is meant to provide
for many of the contingencies which up to the present time the United
Nations has shown itself to be grossly ineffective.
We mu st support this world government program , for it is only
through such a program that we can have lasting world peace, (g.j.)
Our White Elephant (A Feature Editorial )
Even if you 've never had it called to your attention , you 've undoubtedly speculated about the real purpose of a "homey-looking "
little building that is situated snugly between the maintenance garage
building and the miniature greenhouse on the campus of B.S.T.C.
"Gee, I wonder what that used to be?", and "Gosh , isn 't that a
cute little house?" are the general comments of many passing students.
Even some of the intelligentsia of the senior class at Blooomsburg are
at a loss as to what its purpose is or ever was. Then there are the more
informed who can tell you that this quaint little structure was once
used to isolate students stricken with contagious diseases. There is
truth in this latter statements , although a present investigation would
find the little white house bulging with superfluous equipment.
What is the real story? Here it is briefly.
As was previously mentioned, this building was, at one time , used
to house students on the campus who were inflicted with contagious
diseases , but it was not constructed originally for such a purpose.
Would you like to take a guess as to what the initial motive was?
Well , I'll tell you , because I don 't think you will ever guess correctly.
The building was once the college 's ice house! •
Yep, back in the days when electrical refrigeration was a potential ice cube, this little "doll house " was the storage center for the Normal School's supply of ice. When the Bloomsburg Normal School installed a refrigeration system they eliminated any further need of an
ice house.
Very conveniently, the class of 1915 decided to donate approximately four hundred dollars to help remodel the building , and so a
basement was made of the old ice pit with corresponding ly-heavy
planks laid to funish a floor. Further alterations included partitioning
of the house so that it included four bedrooms , a bath , and a kitchenette.
For many years this little house has stood as an isolation ward ,
but , fortunately, such cases were so rare that little use was made of it
and within the past ten years the building has been used to store just
about everything.
Nevin T. Englehart , superintendent of buildings and grounds at
B.S.T.C , states that the little white house is now badly in need of a
new roof , but it does not require any other repairs at the present time,
Undoubtedly, a little paint here ana there would also help to brighten
the structure's physical features,
Mentioning the current repair-needs of the building might bring
to mind an idea that would be worth following up—namely setting up
of plans to turn this unused edifice into a student union or student
government headquarters,
Such a plan could be facilitated very nicely by a class allocation—
say the class of '49—to help make any necessary repairs and to help
supply what minimum amount of furniture that would be needed to
begin this worthwhile project.
It has long been conceded that the rapidly increasing responsibilities of the student government have necessitated more work—more
work has necessitated more room. Why not think it overl It would not
only give our student government at B.S.T.C. more room to work , but
it would also give a very individual and certainly more attractive place
to meet , besides utilizing available bulding space, (fj )
TRAIN SONG
I
by Max Kaplan
Did you ever feel commotion
While receiving locomotion
And try to think of things that
happened ,
Trying but in vain ?
And the sum of your reflection
Is a hazy recollection,
And all that comes to mind is
The rattle of the train ;
Just the rickety-rackety, ricketyra ckety
Rattle,of the train
Ju st the, rickety-rackety rattle of
th e train.
And vaguely you remember
And your mind tries to dismember
The little thoughts of things you
try to
Bring to mind again ;
But then you hear the clutter
Of the train 's insistent mutter ,
Resulting in the rhythm of
The rattle of the train ;
Just the rickety-rackety, ricketyrackety
Rattle of the train,
Just the rickety-rackety rattle of
the train.
Miss Hazen Attends Annual Institute
On Reading at Temple University
1
"The Semantic Approach
To Reading" Is Theme of
National Conference
Miss Edna J. Hazen , Director of
Elementary Education , recently attended the Annual Institute on Reading which was held at Temple University from January 31 to February 4.
The theme of the Reading Clinicpr omoted conference was "The Semantic Approach to Reading. "
Over five hundred delegates attended the Ins t it u te , with all sections of
the country being represented. Speaking of th e membership interest , Miss
Hazen commented , that the last five
years have brough t a change in the
interest of members who attend. Formerly, the institute was attended
mainly by administrators and supervisors ; this year, however, teachers of
remedial reading composed the largest group attending. In connection
with this, Miss Hazen further added
that this change in representation is
due to the fact that, in many cities,
one teacher instructs pupils throughout the entire course of remedial
reading. The instructing teacher may
httve a change in the personnel of her
class because as a pupil attains satisfactory achievement, he remains with
his class as a full-time participant ,
while there is a continual influx of
new members into the group. This
encompassing control over students,
which is exercised by these instructing teachers in the direct field of
remedial reading, has made it necessary for the membership ranks of the
Institute to be widened.
Over one hundred of the Institute
faculty, most of whom are specialists
in their particular field , were formerly instructors in the Clinic. These
members took part in daily demonstrations concerning such topics as:
"Improvement of Visual Performance," "How to Teach Phonetics,"
and "Remedial Procedures."
According to Miss Hazen, t here is
much interest being shown among
students concerning a college reading
program for freshmen. Whenever college students are found to be failing
in the general subj ects of the curriculum, their instructors invariably
question the ability to read and study
properly. When tests, such as the
Iowa Silent Reading Test, or the Ohi o
State Psychology Examination , are
administered , it is generally found
that the subj ected student is deficient
in specific reading abilities and skills.
Some colleges encourage the student
to enroll in a non-credit course. This
instruction improves his reading ability, usually with the result that satisfactory adjustment and achievement
in the regular college channel of
work is increased.
On the semantic approach to reading, Miss Hazen forwarded, "We are
all accustomed to the use of the radio
in our homes, but not many teachers
have used the radio in the classroom
to aid reading. Mrs. Ruth Weir Miller, Uni versity of Pennsylvania radio
lect u rer , presented ways in which the
radio is a road to reading, and proved
beyond doubt that 'radio , used with
wisdom and intelligence, can widen
reading horizons. 1 " In conclusion Miss
Hazen pointed out , "It must be the
mission of the school to direct the
listener to worthwhile programs, and
to capitali ze on listening for school
att ainment. Teachers have found that
radio-listening increases demands for
reading materials, and is a strong
in centive for more reading."
Political Prophet
Presents Program
( Continued from page 1)
more money elsewhere, remains at
his j ob, in spite of the fact that many
people consider that he is taking a
great risk of losing his life. To Mr.
Hoover , how ever , crooks are jusv
And then you try to stimulate
"punks. "
Your mind so you can concentrate
In his personal opinion , Mr. Duncan
You light a cigarette, relax,
considers
Helen Hayes as the best
And try to think again;
actress
of
the American stage. Miss
But in vain your stimulation ;
Hayes' reason for her liking of the
'Taint the time for concentration ;
stage was given as the freedom of the
And soon you 're lulled to slumber
actress to select the part she is to
by
portray, while an actress under conThe rattle of the train;
tract to a movie company must folBy that rickety-rackety, ricketylow more the dictates of the fron t
rackety
office. Katherine Cornell holds second
Rattle of the train ,
place in this one-man popularity poll,
Just the rickety-rackety rattle of
and Tallullah Bankhead follows as a
th e t rain
close third. Miss Bankhead is a sports
fan who can talk very ably about the
Giants, and yet she can change rapidGeography Frat Meets
ly and easily to expressing her enIn a February 21 meeting in the
thusiasm about the stage.
Science Hall Social Rooms, Iota
Some advice to the ladies present
Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon
was given in the words of Lillian
voted to pool all lesson plans made
Tashman, who believes that "men in
up by students who are practicereal life are bigger suckers than on
teaching geography. The lesson plans
stage and screen." To get your man,
are to be kept in the fraterity 's fil es
let him do all the talking . . . every
and used as guides by future student
fifteen minutes look up into his eyes
teachers in geography. Dr. H. H.
and say , 'What makes you so wonderRussell, sponsor of Gamma Theta,
ful ? 1 "
presided at the meeting.
The biggest thrill believed capable
of being experienced by anyone is exAn elderly lady was driving along
pressed from Admiral Richard Byrd .
nonchalantly. Turning a corner, she
To him this thrill comes in claiming
ran over a poor inebriate who was
for the United States land that has
crossing the street. Without change
never before been seen by any man.
of emotion , she stopped the car, rolled
Mr. Duncan described Byrd as the
down the window, and called, "You
second best looking man he has ever
had better watch out there, young
interviewed.
man!"
ft
An interesting sidelight was brough t
Rising on one elbow, the drunk said,
into the picture by way of the person"Ye gads, lady, don't tell me you 're
ality
of Paul V. McNutt , considered
gonna back up!"
by the lecturer as the best looking
man he has interviewed. Here, according to the speaker, is an example
Just Joving
of "breaks playing an important role
in life." If McNutt had gone fishing
in 1940, he might have become president. As the story goes, he was set
to leave on a fishing trip; but, being
a strong party man , he decided to
stay and attend the nominating convention. Here he was asked by President Roosevelt to withdraw from the
vice presidential nomination. This request he carried out because of his
great loyalty to the party. Upon his
withdrawal the nomination was given
to Henry Wallace, thereby placing
him in the limelight In the nation 's
capitol.
Returning to well-known names in
sports as his closing figures, Mr. Duncan spoke of Bob Fellor. This young
baseball star has learned a lesson:
"that he must cooperate on one thing
at a time, and the Important thing ho
should concentrate on is pitching
baseball for the Cleveland ball club,
for that is his bread and butter."
A bit of very sound philosophy, as
expressed by Notre Dame's Immortal
Knute Rockne, brought the program
to a very effective close. "In any walk
of life whatever, to be successful . . ,
you have to be familiar with the
teamwork involved in the task to
which you set yourself, In the game
ay ueorge , that reminds me— *! was supposed to get Martha of football , as in the gamo of life, you
cannot fail your fellow man and win. "
some molasses.
I Bloomsburg Courtmen Tumbled Twice; at Lycoming Tonight
SIDELINES
IN SPORTS . . .
I
by Wayne Von Stetten
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Last week's unexpected balmy spell
¦
awakened us with the realization that
I good old Spring isn 't too far around
I the corner. Yep, soon the familiar
1 sound of horsehide meeting hickory
will echo down from airy Mt. Olympus. You fellas who like to belt and
throw that apple, fish that old glove
out of the dusty closet and watch the
bulletin boards for announcements
concerning pre-season practice.
We can't leave Spring sports without briefly commenting on the attractive schedules that Messrs. Hoch,
I Redman , and Wisher have lined up
I for you Husky track and baseball
I fans. The baseball team faces a tenta1 tive fourteen-game schedule (four in
one week!), including such newcomers as The Second Army from Fort
Meade, Md., Susquehanna University,
Wilkes College, and Ithaca College
from up New York way. With this
line - up, Coach Redman is spending
his waking and sleeping hours dreaming of a few long ball belters and a
half dozen or so nine-inning twirlers
—incidentally, both were sorely lacking last year.
The Husky track team faces the
I same schedule as last year, with the
1 exception of one change. East StroudsI burg has been eliminated. Sorry to
I see the Big Red cut off—Husky-ESTC
1 meets have always been packed with
'! th rills.
Once again the hardwood pounders
are about to bid adieu for another
year. At this writing only one game
remains on a skimpy sixteen - game
Husky basketball schedule. We would
like to see our team play at least
twenty encounters per season. Today,
sixteen court games constitutes a
Class C high school schedule. Your
writer has talked to many loyal
Bloomsburg fans concerning this matter, and they all are of the same
opinion — they 're not ready to bid
farewell to the college basketball
season this early. The campus is
aware of the financial difficulties involved, but let's make a concerted
effort to squeeze Elizabethtown and
Kutztown back on the 1949-50 schedule.
Our cagers are still talking to themselves about Shippensburg's Jackie
McClelland and his phenomenal setshooting in last Saturday's game. No
less than seven consecutive times
from midcourt , the black-haired deadeye hit the hoop during the crucial
stage of last week's battle. Elm
Kreiser, Husky guard , when questioned, mu t tere d, "Never have I seen a
better exhibition of set-shooting. He
personally took the victory from us."
Lost Friday 's defeat at the hands
of Millersvillo came as no surprise—
the Marauders are a tough outfit to
deck on their home court. It's been
at least seven years (of normal Intercollegiate basketball competition)
since a Husky quintet has taken the
Lancaster Countians into camp on
their own floor.
Notes from Here and There . . . .
Danny Litwhiler and his family left
during the week for Palm Beach ,
Florida , where Danny will commence
Spring training with the Cincinnati
Reds of the National League. I'm
sure all you fans join me in wishing
the popular Bloomsburg alumnus all
the success in the world during the
coming campaign . . . Our own Johnny "Congo " Maturan l, coach o f t h e
Bart' s Oilers of the Intramural League , has the distinction of never having
coached a losing basketball team.
"Congo" was coach of a g rou p of
barnstorming H u s k y basketbnllers
l ast y ear , during which time they
captured thirteen victories—added to
the Oilers ' initial triumph in the Intramural League, this gives Coach
Maturani a perfect slato with fourteen wins,
Millersville Marauders Maul Husky
Five in Last Period Scoring Spree
Winners Tack on Twenty-one
Tallies To Down Wishermen
Last Friday night witnessed the
first of two def ea ts administered the
Huskies by the down-river quintets
when the Millersville Teachers squad
toppled the Huskies by a 46 to 38
count.
After leading for three periods and
holding a five-point lead at threequarter mark , the Huskies fell prey
to a merciless Marauder onslaugh t of
21 points in the final canto. The
Huskies gained only eight pointers
during this last and decisive period.
Smokey Andrews was top man on
the scoring totem pole with 14 notches for the losers, thus topping Millersville's Pecuich who ran up 13. Runnerup for Bloomsburg was Bobby Kashner who collected nine; Charley Boyer followed with seven. Two other
men reached the double digits for
Millersville. They were Korkuch , with
11, and Depol, with 10. Eight of
Depol's 10 counters came in the last
measure of court - tactics for the
night.
The Huskies zipped 16 field goals
and sank 6 out of 11 fouls. Millersville had 17 field goals and made good
12 out of 23 foul tries.
Bloomsburg
Boyer
Bar tleson
Kashner
Kreiser
Banull
Jones
Andrews
Pos. FG F Pts.
F. 3 1-3 7
F. 0 0-0 0
F. 4 1-2 9
C. 1 1-1 3
G. 1 1-2 3
G. 1 0-0 2
G. 6 2-3 14
16
Millersville
Korkuch
Ross
6-11 38
Pos. FG F Pts.
F. 4 3-5 11
F. 0 1-2 1
Eagles Cage Squad To
Play Benef it Game in
College Gym Tonight
Shippers Edge Out Bloomsburg Quintet
By 56-52 Score in Hard
'Fought Battle
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McClelland Displays
Set-Shot Artistry
Wishermen Will Seek
Win Over Lycoming in
Last Game of Season
A hot - and - cold Husky five will
The Philadelphia Eagles basketball
team, composed of members of last make its final appearance of the '48season 's national championship pro- '49 season on the Lycoming hardfootball squad , will meet the Valley woods next Tuesday night. The HuskShawnees, coached by Danny Lit- ies will really be out to scalp the
whiler, tonight in the Centennial Warriors in this fracas. A win over
Gymnasium. The game is scheduled the Lycoming squad will enable the
to start at 9:15. Admission will be Maroon and Gold quintet to still finsixty-five cents for college students. ish the season with a pretty fair
record .
The Eagles Aggregation features
On the other hand , however, the
such grid-greats as Jack Ferrante
'
and Pete Pihos, two of pro-football's Huskies realize that the Lycoming
best ends. Alex Woj ciechowicz, Ford- team is not to be taken with the wellham grad , and now one of the sport 's known "grain of salt." As was evitop centers, also leads on the court. denced in their recent meeting with
the Wishermen in Centennial GymEnd Dick Humbert is the Eagles' |
nasium, the Warriors have a hardscoring ace. Others on the roster are i fighting squad which plays heads-up
;
Bosh Pritchard , Jay McDowell, Larry
; basketball until the final buzzer
Gabrelli, and Bill Mackrides.
: sounds. The Lycoming five gave the
Litwhiler's Shawnees, sponsored by |Huskies quite a scare in the secondC. B. Gray, boast such outstanding half before being nosed out to the
j
local courtment as Charley and Joe tune Gf a 64-52 score.
Simpson, Carl Laubach, Pat Flaherty,
The Lycorrdr^g- attac k is geared
Jack Lenhart, and Joe Slusser. Ularound Jac"k Sowers and Gray, whose
shaffer, of Ringtown, and Bob Metzsize is no indication of their ability.
ler, are also late signers with the
Sowers' deadly set-shots and Gray's
team.
clever passing caused the Huskies no
The game is being sponsored by the small amount of grief in the previous
Bloomsburg Rotary Club, and the contest.
proceeds will go to the Bloomsburg
The Huskits' recent set-backs are
Youth Recreation Fund.
not indicative of the brand of ball
»
which they have been playing. During
recent
games, every member of the
Weaver
F. 1 0-0 2
squad
has
played fine basketball, and
Wenglasz
C. 2 0-0 4
much
favorable
comment has been
Depol
C. 4 2-4 10
Pecuich
G. 4 5-7 13 showered upon the team for making
Bernhart
G. 0 1-2 1 such a remarkable comeback after a
Todd
G. 2 0-0 4 disastrous first-half.
For the Lycoming contest, Coach
Wisher
will probably start the Banull17 12-23 46
Andrews-Kreiser-Boyer-Kashner combination which has been clicking in
recent weeks. With both teams gunning hard for a victory, the HuskyWarrior get - together should be extremely interesting.
Rock Glen . Larksville, South Williamsport, Freeland, West Mahanoy
Township, Butler Township, and Mt.
Carmel Township.
Tourney officials have found that
nearly twenty schools have expressed
The Penn State Undergrad Center
interest in the Class C competition , at Hazleton sent the Junior Huskies
and for that reason are now busily off the floor with the short end of a
engaged in contacting those teams in 69-43 score on Saturday, February
order to ascertain their willingness to 19, in a game played on the Weatherenter a qualifying round in order that ly High School court. This was the
the selection of eight teams for the second time the Undergrads
from the
Class C playoffs can be determined. Mountain City turned the
trick on
In the event that this qualification
the B-burg Jayvees.
round is satisfactorily arranged , the
The Huskies kept within tying distournament will then officially get
tance
for the firs t quarter, but from
under way on Monday, March 17,
with the Class C qualifiers competing that point the efficient Center cagers
Monday and Tuesday, March 7 and S, swept away.
Al DeGatis, Husky guard , hooped
for the preliminary-round games to
17
points, but the combination of
be played in the latter part of the
Garber, Kostick, an d Lamon ica , payweek.
Schools included in the Class C ing out 20, 16, and 15 respectively,
roster are : Kingston, Lehman Township, Falls-Overfield , Newton-Ransom,
Girardville, C a t a w i s s a, Nesco peck,
Moscow, Scott Township , Dush ore ,
Nurem bur g , Dall as Boro , Kin gston
Township, Monroe Township , Dalton ,
Muncy , West Wyoming, and Factoryville.
The defending champion of the
Class A bracket , Newport Township,
has not yet expressed a desire to
enter t hi s y ear 's matches. On the
other hand, Girardville, Class B champ
of 1948, h as ch osen to step down to
the level of the Class C matches for
this year. Warrior Run , Class C honor-bearer of the 1947 and 1948 titles,
will not compete this year because its
high school was closed during the
p ast y ear , and its pupils now going to
school In nearby Wilkes-Barre.
Interest Mounts As High School Cag e
Tourney Nears Initial Tap~Off Date
Although many of the prospective
high school basketball league teams
which are slated to participate in the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
Annual High School Invitation Basketball Tournament are j ust getting
into the final throes of competition
play, interest and enthusiasm in the
forthcoming tournament is steadily
rising to a new high. Thirty-five
schools in a six-county area have
already designated willingness to enter the tourney of '49 (the twentysecond in the history of the College) ,
and the officials in charge have found
it necessary to set up a qualification
round in at least one of the tournamen t's three classes of competition.
Speaking in connection with the
progress of the annual College-sponsored jo ust between teen-aged basketball clubs , John A. Hoch, director of
this year's games, said today, "The
response to the more than one hundred inquiries mailed has been most
heartening." However , he also explained that the final plans have not
y et b een com pl ete d , and that he and
his committee are still working diligently in order that a full card for
this year's games might be achieved.
Foi'mal invitations were mailed this
week to those schools which had previously indicated interest in competing in the tourney 's Class A an d B
brackets.
Mr, Hoch's list of schools is presented with an Invitation to play in
the Class A section is as follows: Edwnrdsvllle, Nnnticokc , Ashland, Old
Forge, Mt. Cavmel, K i n gston , Danville, Berwick, Bloomsburg, an d Sunbury. Bids for the Class B competit i on were f orwar d ed to Shlckshlnny,
Compliments of
Hazleton Undergrads
Down J ayvees, 69-43
22
Shippensburg
McClelland
Gordon
Chubb
Kurkuch
Bolton
Fralick
8-9
52
Pos. FG F Pts.
F. 10 1-1 21
F. 0 0-0 0
C. 5 5-10 15
G. 4 3-5 11
G. 1 0-1 2
G. 1 5-6 7
21 14-23 56
outscored the College team
selves with an aggregate of
Pos. FG
Bloomsburg
Schukis
F. 2
Byham
F. 0
Kleman
F. 2
Furgele
F. 0
Heller
C. 1
Ledyard
C. 1
Levan
C. 4
G. 0
Lang
DeGatis
G. 5
Butler
G. 0
by them51.
F Pts.
1-1 5
1-1 1
0-0 4
1-1 1
0-1 3
0-3 2
0-1 8
0-0 0
7-14 17
2-4 2
15 13-26 43
Hazleton
Gardner
Kostick
Lamonica
Garber .•
Gerhard
Talorivich
Pickavich
Sippel
McKousky
Pos.
F.
F.
F.
C.
C.
G.
G.
G.
G.
FG
1
7
6
8
1
4
0
1
0
F
2-3
2-4
3-4
4-7
0-0
1-3
0-0
lil
0-0
Pts.
4
16
15
20
2
9
0
3
0
28 13-22 69
I Coming Soon!
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235 Iron Street
The Husky Varsity dropped the
second game of its weekend trip last
Saturday evening, losing a hard-played game to the Shippensburg five at
that school, by a 56-52 score.
With the Huskies leading at the
half , McClelland, Shipper sharp-shooting forward, went on a bucket-binge
in the third period, sinking 6 straight
shots from center court to put his
team out front.
After missing another, the same
player s;cored two more in the fourth
frame, in what was one of the outstanding scoring exhibitions of the
season. McClelland counted for 21
points at the finish. Chubb, long
Shipper center covered the backboard
and totalled 15 points in the bargain.
Charley Boyer gathered 15 points
for the losers, the only Husky to go
into the double digits.
With this defeat the Husky court
record went to eight losses and six
wins in fourteen starts.
Pos. FG F Pts.
Bloomsburg
Boyer
F. 6 3-3 15
Kashner
F. 4 0-0 8
Bartleson
F. 3 2-2 8
Kreiser
C. 2 0-0 4
Banull
G. 3 1-1 7
Andrews
G. 3 0-1 6
Jones
G. 1 2-2 4
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ANOTHER MEATBALL
by Max Kaplan
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Concerning the Faults of Females . . .
Last week the promise was made to list the 17 outstanding faults of
females,, and ever since the lassies on and about the campus have been cleaning and oiling their shotguns. Again, as before, it is to be understood that
this list represents nothing more than the results of a poll conducted elsewhere. We have considered a campus poll, but such a venture could lead to
unpleasant results. At any rate here's your list. You may try it for size, but
you don't have to buy it. Here we go, so hang on to your hat. Women are
too: (1) Extravangant, (2) Mercenary, (3) Sensitive, (4) Gossipy, (5) Jealous, (6) Ambitious Socially, (7) Emotional, (8) Intemperate in their Smoking and Drinking, (9) Artificial, (10) Deceitful, (11) Impractical , (12) Nagging, (13) Possessive, (14) Catty, (15) Rude, (16) Selfish , and (17) Clothes
Conscious. However, it isn 't quite as bad as it may seem, for the experts
have decided that the average woman has no more than five of these faults.
You lads could use these numbers to set up a code system for evaluating
females. For instance, an evening spent with a 7-13-17 might not be bad at
all.
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Hear Dem Bells . . .
And if you can, your hearing is exceptional. The warning bell system
is becoming feeble with the infirmities of advanced years. Legend has it that
the present bell and clock system was installed in 1839. Experienced clock
watchers claim they are getting bad nerves from listening for bells that
never ring. Subtle means of informing instructors that the period is over
have been devised, but they don't always work. On a number of occasions,
students have sat with their coats on through an extra five or ten minutes
of lecture. It seems that it might be a good idea to equip each lecture room
with a horn similar to the one on the Scoreboard in Centennial Gymnasium.
That way we could all get a jumping start for the next class.
*****
A Quick Look at the Crystal Ball . . .
B.S.T.C. might have its first post-war interfrat ball sometime between
now and the.end of May. The Interfraternity Council will meet sometime in
the next few weeks for a confab on the matter. But the crystal ball says no
frat ball this year. . . The coming C.G.A. election will be a disappointment
compared to last year's knock 'em-down and drag 'em-out affair. There are
not enough dark horse candidates in the political stable. . . The current curricular crack-down will cut a wide swath in the ranks of the probationers.
It might dim the Husky football outlook for '49. . . Obiter sales will break
all existing records. Three hundred copies are already in the bag, and the
market should be good for another hundred.
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It's a Woman's World . . .
So now the BSTCo-eds have themselves believing that they were the
mes who got the male dormitory denizens into coats and ties J'or dinner.
Phey are like the fly who was riding on the axle of a chariot , shouting, as
the chariot raced along, "Lo! What great clouds of dust I raise!" They
have had as many violations of the 'full-dress' regulation as the men; and if
it weren't for the screening process at the dining hall door, you vould see a
pair of bobby sox. and saddles for every T-shirt. Besides , if they had their
own way, the men would be wearing spats and frock coats to their eight
o'clock classes. Nope, even though it is a woman's world, we j ust can 't give
the dormitory lassies credit for that piece of legislation.
*****
Three Hams and a Hammond . . .
Tuesday morning's assembly program sent us scurrying posthaste for a
quick look at Webster , to find out what a hussar really is. There we learned
that a hussar should normally be a brilliantly uniformed Hungarian cavalryman, and, in former days, a freebooter. Then we saw the point—after considering how our guests had freely booted their repertoire all over the stage.
The one bright spot in the whole program was the personality of Miss Hammond, but even her part of the act was little more than pulchritudinous
pastrami. The program committee has been doing a bang-up job, and they
can hardly be blamed for occasionally getting 'Hissers' confused with Hussars. So from the Doghouse box in the Carver Hall Op'ry House comes a
feeble woof for the White Hussars — they did their best, and that's the most
that can ever be expected of anyone.
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Straight from the Notebook . . .
The Prexy penning poetry at the Phi Slg f eed, . . Maxmillian, Muse
of the Meatball , gazing pensively from his North Hall window. . . Serving
line lassies serving the writer a helping of buttered scorn. . , Good to the
last drop: a local blonde dumping a cup of coffee on the head of a local
brownette. It happened on the second floor of Waller Hall. . . Tom Metzo
and Biff Krafchik sitting in their fo 'c's'le, talking over their favorite subj ect
—women. . . The Obiter Show , scheduled for Tuesday A.M., has been produced and directed by Zeke and Zita. It will be 90 minutes of fun and frolic.
Don't miss it! . . . Achtung ! Herr Hoch has proclaimed soft drinks verboten
in the college lounge. . . The ever-whistling Search making like a canary in
the corridors. . . The Maharaj a of Muscle Mansion passing a few words with
the proletariat in the chow line, and announcing that he might get a pair of
horn-rimmed glasses in the near future. With or without the cigar ? . . .
Transition : Franky, the Rio Susquehanna cowhand, has turned automobile
tire salesman. . . Inquirer-ing reporter Bill Duncan announcing with Deweyeyed innocence that he is not a rock-ribbed Republican. . . Shades of the
Little Flower: Phil Joseph at the square dance mike. . . A Trimble fan
barking furiously at John's act during the amateur hour. They may sign him
up . . . Phi Sigs are still talking about their Dutch Hill dinner. Campus
organizations planning banquets would do well to consider the Dutch Hill
church. . . Joe Sopko doing his western ballads whilst the gals in the gallery give out with ohs and ahs. . . Many thanks to the C.G.A. for the square
dance. Let's have one each month. They have been doing wonders for school
morale!1! (dlb )
This is the story of another meatball named Josephine. Josephine was
no ordinary meatball; she was different. Other meatballs dreamed of getting married and raising little bits of
chopped meat. Not Josephine. Other
meatballs dreamed of hob-nobbing
with the big cheeses. Not Josephine.
Josephine was an intellectual.
The way she figured was that from
time immemorial, meatballs have
been slaves to the carnivorous appetittes of unmitagated meat-eaj :ers.
Pu bli c opinion had asserted that the
meatballs place was in a dish of spaghetti. The average meatball had always accepted this subjection with a
grain of cheese, but Josephine was a
non-conformist. Thus she was not
only a meatb a ll , but also an eightball.
This made her a meightball .
Ever since she was a little meathead, Josephine dreamed of growing
up to be something like an airplane
propeller, or a diesel engine, or even
an atomic bomb. But first and foremost, Josephine wanted to be (Yes,
you've guessed it) a saxophone. You
see, Josephine had music in her sauce.
Deep down under, she was musically
ingrind. She loved to listen to the
butcher-shop quartette harmonize on
soup like "Meatballs for Two," "The
Meatball Blues," and "Meat M e in
St. Louis, Meat-head," bu t from t h e
start she had a premonition that her
aspiring ambition was doomed to failure.
Josephine tried hard to climb the
ladder of success, but she found that
the odds were against her. In the first
place , she was none-onion, and Petrillo had decided that meatballs and onions don 't mix. The other meatballs
laughed at her. Franco-American boycotted her. She was termed "radical. "
After bouncing around the SpaghettiCircuit for a number of years, Josephin e ended up a disillusioned, di sappointed, melancholy meatball. She
took to drink. One night she really
got sauced and collided with a flyingsaucer. This was her finish. As she inclined on her axis for the last time,
Josephine was heard to mutter, "All
my life I have been a meatball. Now,
if God w ills , I will become a saxophone."
Thus ends the story of another
meatball named Josephine. She was a
good meatball, but she was years
ahead of her grind. I like to think of
Josephine as somewhere in meatball
heaven, not a meatball any longer,
but a saxophone with a good, meaty
tone.
Here's to Josephine, the musical
meatball.
Job Competition Rise
( Continued from page 1)
"as closely related as possible to their
interests and capacities."
Those who plan to go into office
occupations, the report continued ,
should "consider specific training in
this field , as many employers prefer
workers with well-rounded business
school or college business administration training to those with college degrees in liberal arts."
A veteran seeking advisement and
guidance f rom VA "should be made
aware of the competition which he is
likely to meet in many fields," the
report said. "He will be well-advised
to consider more of the less-crowded
though perhaps less-glamorous fields ,
and to take courses which will enable
him to qualify for more than one type
of j ob."
Science Club Elects
uati uuoj , l oui uu ji
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New officers for the Science Club
were elected in a meeting January 13.
They are : President, James Kleman;
Vice-president, Bernard Zelinskl ; Secretary, Helen Tietj en; Treasurer ,
Nancy Crumb; and Program Chairman, Kenneth Borst.
The club will present a quiz program , under the direction of Kenneth
Borst, on the "College Hour " over
WLTR, March 7.
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.. KITTY AND HER YARN
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Borrowed
Banter
by
Kay Ohapln
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Coed: "Where is Elsie?"
Dean of Women: "I don't know. '.
She went to the Library."
—Banger r
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Defini tion of a glamorous girl : "A II
DOGH OUSE DOFFS DIGNITY. girl who has what it takes to take ?
"You can have my specs now, Mother , what you have. "
'cause believe ?me, I' ve seen every* * *
thing!" The obj ect of my affliction- Fa th er: "Young man , are your in- Doghouse Don Butcofsky sauntering tentions toward my daughter honor- •
out of a local "establishment" at tired able or dishonorable?"
Young Man : "You mean I have a .
in a bright red, ladies' flare back coat.
The amused clientele will never be- choice?"
lieve that Don hud but one cup of
* * *
coffee.
"Where did you get that black
eye?"
W. H. WOMEN WASH THE
"I was doing the rhumba with my
"EASY" WAY. Last Thursday, a
girl,
and her deaf father walked in."
representative from the "Easy " wash—Campus Reflector
ing machine company demonstrated
the electric washer which has been
* * *
installed on third floor. Clothes are He: "I certainly enjoy taking you
washed , rinsed, and whirled dry in to dances."
the cylinder — if only it could press She: "Why ? Because I stand out
and fold things, we'd really be livin '! in the crowd?"
He: "No , because you sit out in the
GYM ANTICS. Bebe %Reese and
Paul Slobozien are trying to give dark."
* * *
Frankie and Johnnie some competi"Where do bad girls go?"
tion. Did you hear them harmonizing
in the gym l ast week ? They left me
"Most everywhere. "
speechless — which was probably a
* * *
good thing.
"Is that man rich?"
MY MISTAKE. I was approached
"Is he! He's so rich he doesn't even
this week by a member of the know his son is in college."
"rhy thm band" table who indignantly
—Scottie
informed me that their glass banging
* * *
session was purely scientific. It seems "Is she a good dancer?"
they were attempting to discern the
"Fair."
number of vibrations of High C.
"Is Mary a good dancer?"
"Mary 's better still. "
HORSING AROUND. In the midst
of a Women 's Chorus rehearsal on
* * *
"Red River Valley," Gracie Smith People who live in glass houses
succumbed to temptation and made should have neighbors with glass eyes.
like "Trigger" — which promptly
* * *
brought down the house.
There are to me, two kinds of guys
BACKSEAT BANTER. A fellow And only two that I d espise:
with a girl on his lap said to the
The first I'd really like to slam—
adj oining couple, "Why do I r emind The one who copies my exam ;
you of Edgar Bergen?" (P.S.—This The other is the dirty skunk
really happened, but the girl was no Who covers his and lets me flunk.
"dummy.")
—Voo Doo
* * *
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S t o Ann
It wasn't an apple in the Garden
Marlette and Bill Kreisher on their
wedding February 19. Ann is from of Eden. It was just a green pair.
Shamokin and Bill is a freshman
* * *
here.
"I hate dumb women!"
DEAN HOCH'S CROONING is an"Aha! A woman hater!"
other good argument for the much-in* * *
demand Faculty Talent Assembly.
She started to diet.
Since none of her kindered were
AND HERE we will snip the yarn
thin ;
until next week.
She
has been waiting in quiet ,
— Kitty —
For hips that never come in.
—Saber
* * *
"Diogenes had the right dope."
"How was that?"
"He never even tried to find an
The Eastern Regional Volleyball
Tournament will be staged in Cen- honest woman."
* * *
tennial Gymnasium , Saturday, April
Two
English
writers were talking
2, under the sponsorship of the
P.I.A.A. After these Eastern Champ- about their profession :
First: "I write for royalty."
ionship matches, the title-winners
will meet the Western Pennsylvania Second: "For the King and
Regional champs at Pennsylvania Queen?"
First: "No, for the Jack!"
State College, for the state title.
Arrangements for the Eastern finals
are being handled by Chairman Jud- Some hold the profs in Idolatry ;
son V. Kast, District Four, J. Claire Others gaze on with humility ;
Patterson , Bloomsburg High School But I must say in all sincerity
Principal, and John A. Hoch, Blooms- I think they 're all stilted in insipidity.
burg State Teachers College athletics
—ItAB SAC
director.
* * *
a
woman
her age
Asking
Doctor — "Are you bothered by
Is like buying a second-hand car,r thing's! dancing before your eyes?"
Tired Business Man — "Not a bit. The speedometer has been set back
But durned if you can tell how far.
In fact , I like it very much. "
—Anon
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