Largest Class in
History of College
To Receive Degrees
Commencement Activities for
One Hundred & Eighty-eight
Students Already in Progress
One hundred and eighty-eight students , the largest number ever to receive degrees at a commencement in
the history of the College, will be
graduated on Monday morning, May
23, at 10:30. Of this number, twentyeigh t are teachers-in-service.
Commencement week activities got
under way on Thursday morning in
Carver Hall Auditorium when Senior
Day was observed with appropriate
ceremonies. Charles Schiefer was the
Ivy Day orator, and the planting of
the ivy featured the traditional exercises that were held immediately
after the program in the auditorium.
Th e annual Senior Ball was held on
Thursday evening, May 19, at the
Hotel Sterling in Wilkes-Barre. The
largest crowd in the history of the
College attended the gala affair,
which featured ., the music of Al
Anderson and his orchestra.
Baccalaureate s e r v i c e s for the
graduating class are scheduled in
Carver Hall Auditorium on Sunday
afternoon , May 22, at 3:30. One of
the state's outstanding clergymen,
Reverend Henry J. Aulenbach, past or
of the St. Andrew Reformed Church,
Allentown , will deliver the baccalaureate sermon. His subject will be
"The Great Adventure."
Commencement exercises will be
held the next morning in Carver Hall
Auditorium. A large audience is expected to hear Harrison Wood, noted
American Broadcasting Company radio commentator and author, deli ver
the commencement address. "The
Changing World" will be Mr. Wood's
subj ect. Dr. Harvey A. Andruss, president of the College, will confer degrees on the large class following the
address.
The one hundred and sixty senior
students who will receive degrees
are :
Angelo M. Albano, Betty Jane Anella, Ralph W. Baird, Edward G.
Baker, Ruth I. Bath, Stewart G.
Beektel, W. Eldon Berry, Harry W.
Bertsch, Thomas F. Beyer, Betty V.
Bolig, Shirley M. Boughner, Thomas
E. Bowman, Charles Boyer, Jr., Helen
E, Brace, Roy W, Brandau , Luther S.
Butt , James M. Cain, John J. Cohoat,
Royal W. Conrad, Zita Spangler Cortright, Robert N. Cramer, C. Wayne
Creasy, Elizabeth J. Crouse, Lois M.
Datesman, Fred Demmi, Robert O.
Diltz, Harold Dodson, Thomas M.
Donan , George N. Dotzel, Frank W.
Dudzinski, Billy N. Dugan, Ruth P.
Elder , Herbert H. Fox, Mary L. Fox,
Henry A. Francisci, Vincent G. Friflav.
Madge L. Fuller, Marj orie G. Fuller, Grace Alberta Funk, Gloria I.
Galow, Louise M. Garard , Luther E.
Gearhart , George F. Gehrig, George
Gera, Eleanor F, Gilbert , Vincent J.
Gilbert, Doris M. Gilday, Charles G.
Gillow, Sara A. Graham , Richard E.
Grimes, William J. Hahn , Robert W.
Hammers, James W. Hantj is, Beth E.
Hartman , Buddy M. Hartman, Norman J. Hawk , Shirley B. Henley, Geraldine R. Hess, William Homisak ,
June L. Hontz, Jean E, Hooper, Donald C. Houck, June Keller Jacobs ,
John L. Jones , Phillip J. Joseph,
Charles J. Kazmerovicz, Edwin R.
Keiser, Clifford J. Kendall , Donald A.
Kessler.
Edwin J. Klinger, Irwin R. Kllnger ,
Pauline L. Kokolias, Mildred F, Kowalsky, Ruth D. Kraj nlk , James A.
Krum , Joseph A. Kullck, John N.
K untza , Gladys E. Kuster, Alfred M.
Lampman , Robert S. LeVan, Leonard
Lipaki, Celestine M. Longo, Paul Lopata, Francis J. Luchnick, Alvin E.
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Alumni Day Activities To
Begin with Annual Meeting
In Carver Hall Auditorium

Twin Queens and Their Court Attendants

College Placement
Study Will Appear
In Educ. Magazine

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Shown above are the Queens of the May, Midge and Madge Fuller,
surrounded by their Royal Court. The attendants are, left to right: Mary
Helen Morrow, Eloise Noble, Doris Gilday, Zita Cortright, Louise Garard,
Joan McDonald, Martha Jane Sitler, and Jane McCuIIough.

Fuller Twins Reign at May
Day Festivities As 2,000
Witness Annual Coronation
"In side Our U.S.A." Is
Theme of Traditional
College May Pageant
For the first time in the history
of B.S.T.C, twin q ueens reigned over the May Day ceremonies held on
Waller Ha ll terr ace , Wednesday May
11. Misses Midge and Madge Fuller,
elected by popular vote of the student body, re ceived the tr aditio na l
daisy wreath crowns as Queens of
the May from the hands of Thaddeus
Swigonski, Community Government
Association president , and Alfred
Lampman, president of the Senior
class. The weather, in contrast to
last year 's rain and cold, was beautifully appropriate with its sunny
warmth and blue sky .
The program presented in honor of
the Queens and their Court was under the direction of Mrs. Robert B.
Redman , and included dances and
musical sketches by pupils of the
Benj amin Franklin Training School.
The theme of the festivities was entitled "Inside Our U.S.A.", and the
presentations by the pupils were designed to illustrate various culture
distinctive of different sections of the
United States. Andrew Maceiko,
Wilkes-Barre accordionist , accompanied the students with stimulating
musical selections that set the tone
for each of the student numbers
which were highly ingenious and often humorous. The ceremonies concluded with the traditional winding
of the Maypoles by the Training
School pupils and College girl students attired in formal wear,
The eight attendants of the Queens'
Court were dressed in pastel gowns
of yellow, blu e, pink , and lavender ,
nnd curried arm bouquets of Spring
flowers. Proceeding the twin Queens
from the Grove, they presented a
highly decorative note nnd added
much grace and beauty to the impressive Coronation March. The at-*
tendants were: Zita Spangler Cortrlght, Louise Gward , Doris Gilday,
Jane McCuIIough , Joan McDonald ,
Mary Helen Morrow, Eloise Noble,
and Martha Jane Sitler.
Tho Queens' procession left the
Grove promptly at 2:30 P.M., and
proceeded across the green-turfed
lawn to the throne which was strikingly decorated with evergreen and
spring flowers, The Fuller twins, two
of the most lovely queens ever to
reign over B.S.T.C, May Day fetes,

An * article entitled "Placement
Study of 1918 Graduates of the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College—
1931-1948," will be published in the
"Ed ucational Administrator and Supervision " magazine, according to a
notification forwarded to Dr. Harvey
A. Andruss, President of the College,
by the editor of th at publication. The
article is expected to appear some
time in the Fall.
In September, 1942, an article entitled "Ten Year Survey—Placement
of Graduates of a Teachers College,"
appeared in the same magazine under
the authorship of Earl N. Rhodes,
former director of teacher training
and placement service at the College.
Anoth er stat ement , ba sed on the
same survey, appeared in the Peabody Journal of Education in May,
1942, and in the B. S. T. C. Alumni
Quarterly under the title, "How
Many Teach—A Ten Year Study of
tfee Placement of Graduates ," by Dr.
Andruss.
The article to be published in • the
Fall covers the eighteen year period
from 1931-1948 and is based upon the
Ten-Year Survey of 1,025 graduates.
In addition , there is a Five-Year Survey of 518 graduates (1941-1945), and
a Three-Year Survey of 275 graduates , (1946-1948).
The Five-Year Study was begun in
1946 by Joseph R. Bailer, former
director of teacher training and
placement of the College, bu t w as left
unfinished when he was appointed
Professor of English at the American
University, Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Andruss
completed the Five-Year Study and
also the Three-Year Study. He also
set up the comparative tables and
over-all statement for the eighteen
years involved in the study of 1,818
(Continued on page 3)

'Celebration Expected
To Bring Hundreds of
Gradu ates to Campus
This ye ar 's Alumni Day will get
underway this morning with the annual Alumni meeting in Carver Hall
Auditorium at 11:00 A.M. In formulating the plans for this annual
Alumni celebration, President Harvey
A. Andruss, and Dr. E. H. Nelson, of
the Alumni Association, made elasticity the keynote in anticipation of the
largest graduate assemblage ever to
converge on the campus of B.S.T.C.
The approximate number of returning
Alumni on the scene today indicates
that all records of attendance for
previous Alumni Days will be broken.
The fifty year reunion class, in accordance with the custom of a number of y ears, will be especially honored by Alumni officials, and other
classes are planning special features
for the meeting.
Luncheon will be served to all
Alumni and guests of the College in
the College dining room at 1:00 P.M.
The afternoon will be taken up
with class reunions , beginning at
3:00, and from the various reports
from classes indicate that this year 's
get-together will attract a large attendance.
Another feature of the day will be
the baseball game between King 's
College and Coach R. B. Redman 's
Huskies on the Mt. Olympus diamond.
The game will get under way at 5:00
P.M., with the home team attempting
to finish the season undefeated.
The final event on the day 's program will be the annual Alumni
dance in the Waller Hall Lounge,
beginning at 8:30 P.M. and continuing until 11:30. Music will be provided by Eddie Karpee and his orchestra.
Thousands of Alumni of the College
throughout the country have received
invitations, and early replies have
indicated that the 1949 Alumni Day
will be one of the most successful , if
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were attired in identical gowns of
picturesque crisp, white organdy completed with majestic-looking trains
of white tulle which measured approximately fifteen feet in length.
They carried arm bouquets of varicolored Spring blossoms decorated
with pink organdy ribbons. The
beauty of their appearance brought
many favorable comments from the
appreciative audience of nearly 2000
spectators who came from all sections of the surrounding area to witness the annual May Queen coronation. ,
During the program which immediately followed after the placing of
the May wreaths upon the brunette
brows of the Queens, flags were pinned to a large map of the United
States to indicate the various sections of the country which were being
depicted in the following numbers.
The first presentation was by the
Kindergarten pupils, under the direction of Miss Grace Woolworth , who
gave their musical interpretation of
New England Maypole rhythms. The
pupils of the fourth grade, taught by
Mrs. Anna G. Scott, next brought
the days of old New York into the
reminiscing limelight with a spirited
dance version entitled "Sidewalks of
New York."
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Marcella Stickler, teacher, took the
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attention of the crowd with their
eye-catching presentation of "Deep
In The Heart of Texas." Accompanied by accordionist Andrew Maceiko
and attired in Indian costumes, the
pupils aptly portrayed life as it used
to be in the wild and wooly West.
Costumed in purple ballerina outfits , the girls of the fourth grade
next charmed the audience with their
original waltz-dance to the lilting
strains of President Truman 's favorite song, "Missouri Waltz." The picture presented by the pirouetting ballerinas was completed with hoops of
entwined flowers and garlands.
The pupils of Mrs. Lucille J. Bak- .
We welcome you to your Alma Mater on May 21 as the high
er , firs t grade teacher, immediately
scored a hit with their amusing point of a most successful college year. Our most cordia l greetings
"blackface" number as they danced are herewith recorded by the Board o/ Trustees, Faculty, Studentand j igged through a lively Southern
"hoedown" tune. This was followed Body, and
by a capable dancing of the Virginia
Reel by students of the fifth grade.
The second graders, tutored by
Miss Iya Mae VanScoyac presented
next a novelty dance using skipping
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President
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WELCOME ALUMNI!

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Year's Last Student
Talent Show Given
In May 10 Assembly
The final student Talent Revue of
the year was presented in the Tuesday assembly, May 10. The participating artists, all of whom were wellknown to the student body from their
performances in past productions, immediately scored with their lighttoned, accomplished presentations.
Sparking the humor between acts
was capable Jin Travis, who acted as
emcee, comedian, and general pepperupper.
Appearing first was Ralph Wire,
tenor, who sang "None But The Lonely Heart," by Tschaikovsky, and "I
Love Thee," by Grieg. His accompanist at the piano was Delphine Buss.
'Ruth Von Bergen and Dick Wagner
next played several piano duets, including "Nola," "Begin The Beguine, "
by Cole Por t er , and "Malaguena " by
Lecuora.
Soprano Aleki Comuntzis, accompanied by her sister, Mondo Comuntzis, sang several selections as the
next portion of the show. Her offerings were "I'll See You Again ," "Will
You Remember," by Romberg, and
"Summertime."
A comedy routine by Nanci Trembley and William Kuster thoroughly
pleased the audience and forced them
to do an ad-libbing encore. Their first
number was "All Right, Lou ie, Drop
That Gun," a nd t he encore was
"She'll Be Comin' Around The Mountain."
In closing the revue, the Campus
Four (Richard Wagner, Emory Rarig, Jaek Wintersteen , and Charles
Edwards), harmonized on "Drink To
Me Only With Thine Eyes," "Climbin '
Up The Mou nt ain ," a negro spiritual ,
and "All Through The Night. " As a
special feature Charles Edwards sang
"Mother Machree" as a solo observance of Mother's Day.
The revue rang down the curtain
with the quartet singing the Alma
Mater, thus ending the long string of
successful student productions which
highli ghted the assembly schedule for
the second semester of 1949.

New Elementary Course
To Be Offered During
1949 Summer Session

The new elementary course of study
soon to be adopted by the schools of
the Commonwealth will be the basis
of a course to be offered during the
Regular Session of six 'weeks during
the College's 1949 Summer Session.
The course will begin on Monday,
June 27.
Bulletin 233-B, which contains the
plan of the new curriculum , will be
used as the basis of the course along
with other materials suggested by the
Department of Public Instruction and
included in the various course-outlines found in the bulletin. The course
will be available to elementary teachers in service, and others desiring
credits for teaching in that field. It
can be used as an elective or as credit
toward graduation , as well as toward
making certificates of permanent
dura tion.
"The free public schoolhouso , free
to all, evidences the highest type of
advanced civilization. It is tho gateway to progress, prosperi ty, and
honor, and the best security for tho
liberties and independence of the
—Theodore Roosovolt
people."
College bred — A four-ye ar loaf ,
with father supplying the dough.

M aroon and Gold

Published weekly by the students of
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
ROBERT C. CANOUSE
Editor-in-Chief

JOUNIOR L. EDDINGER
WILLIAM A. STIMELING
Associate Editors

SARA A. GRAHAM
Business Manager

John Bakeless -An Outstandin g Alumnus

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J OHN BAKELESS is an alert, rapidly moving person with thick hair, a
clipped-bristly mustache and a penchant for digging up long buried facts
—whether they concern Elizabethian
playwright Christopher M a r l o w e ,
fron tiersman Daniel Boone, or an odd
occurence in the Balkans. A noted
j ournalist, author and scholar, Bakeless is also a former resident of
Bloomsburg, an alumnus of the Normal School, and an ex-staff member
of the "Morning Press."
Bakeless has put in years of unusual and exhaustive preparation for
the several and varied careers which
hs has followed at one* time or another. At various times and often simultaneously, for he is a man who can
do many things at one time and do
them all well, he has been a reporter ,
lecturer, soldie r, editor, college professor , political prognosticator and
author.
Since 1947, Bakeless has served as
lecturer at the School of Journalism,
New York University. He has also
been engaged in writing a new book
which will describe th e continent of
North America as it appeared to the
firs t white explorers. At the moment
he is writing that section of the book
which deals with the Susquehanna
Valley.
Born in Carlisle , Pa., Ba keless
came to Bloomsburg in 1903, when
his father , Oscar Hugh Bakeless, became a member of the faculty at the
Noi'mal School. Like all men who
lead busy, acti ve lives he looks enviously back on his boyhood days and
the long leisurely summers speni; in
"reading and in long rambles along
Fishing Creek, in Dillon 's Holl ow, and
up Catawissa Mountain. " He recalls
that the college library, containing
t housa nds of well sel ec ted books t o
tempt any sort of reader, had a conven iently l oca ted , un-locked window
,which could be used to gain entrance
,when the library was closed. He was
quick to discover and make use of
this private entrance.
"I suppose I learned my trade as
a; writer," he say s, "mainly in the
off ice.
!library and the Morning Press
I practically questioned the editorial ,
business, and mechanical staffs of the
Press to death when I j oined up as a
'cub' in 191.1; but I came out with a
knowledge of all sides of newspaper
;production that couldn 't possibly have
been gotten in a Inrge metropolitan
office. "
Many years later he was to write
that every pYofessor and every re,
¦'search worker in the world ought to
have at least a year under a really
,hard-boiled city editor. Here , too,
,perhaps ho was speaking out of his
\experience with the Press!
Bakoless is remembered by his
fellow students and friends here as a
iquiet , unassuming chap who seemed
able to hold his own in any conversation regardless of the subje ct under
discussion. In nddition to hiking and
;reading, ho claimed botany as a hobby and was for a number of years
a "tagger-on " when science professor
¦Martline conducted field trips. He
]was also, as seemingly were all
'•Bloomsburg natives in their youth , a
member of Professor Hartllne 's bu tterfly-catching brigade.
Like many another before and
isince, Bakeless was enchanted by his
first contact with the works of William Shakespeare. While a student
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A Biography by Robert A. Bailor

at the Normal School he took to
learning complete passages from
Shakespeare 's plays by heart. His
in terest in Shakespeare led him on
to an examination of other Eliabethian playwrigh ts — and to his first
reading of the works of Christopher
Marlowe.
For Bakeless, a mystery story fan
and an avid seeker after facts , the
enigm atic figure of Marlowe loomed
out of the pages of his plays as a
gigantic q uestion mark. Who was
t his Ma r lowe, whose plays in some
cases we <? the equal of Shakespeare 's? Wh at were the facts concerning his murder in a pub at the
age of 29? Had he collaborated on
any of Shakespeare 's plays ? The
answers to these and hundreds of
other questions pertaining to Marlowe were shrouded in a veil of mysLtrry .

For almost a quarter of a century
Bakeless devoted every possible spare
moment to thinking, reading, and
seeking more knowledge about Marlowe. In 1936, he was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship for research
about Marlowe. He spent seven
months in England , reading original
manuscripts, talking with other Elizabethan scholars, and snooping about
in old attics. As a result of his snooping, the literary world is possessed of
seven hitherto unknown documents
pertaining to Marlowe and his family.
Finally, twenty-two years after his
first contact with Marlowe while he
was still in Bloomsburg, Bakeless
publishe d CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE, THE MAN IN HIS TIME ,
in 1937. It has been hailed by critics
as a f u ll blooded book , usef ul and
important; the definite biography of
its subj ect.
At the age of twelve Bakeless, at
the urging of his fath er became interested in woodwork. The late Professor J. C. Foote, who worked with
wood as a hobby, agreed to teach
young Bakeless the use of tools. Professor Foote had a workship in the
basement of his home and John spent
many hours there sawing, chiseling ,
drilli ng—working with his hands. He
is still in terested in woodwork but
lacks the time and equipment to be
able to do much about it. While living
in N ew Yo rk City, however, he did
build his own book cases. He confesses somewhat ruefully that they are
not too good , due perhaps to the fact
that he used a copy of Chopin 's
etudes in lieu of a carpenter's square.
Upon finishing at the Normal
School, * Bakeless took his B.A. at
Williams College, graduating cum
laude and carrying off many prizes
including the prize for prizes. Just
about this time the United States
entered the firs t World War and John
promptly enlisted. He completed Officer's Candidate School and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant , but
much to his chagrin , never reached
tho frnnt.

In 1920, Bakeless completed work
on his M.A. at Harvard. (He was
awarded his Ph.D. in 1937. ) and married Katherlne Little of Bloomsburg.
Mrs. Bakeless is an accomplished
teacher, author, and pianist, having
studied music under many of the outstanding present day instructors both
here and abroad. Her books , STORY
LIVES OF GREAT COMPOSERS for
instance , deal primarily with the field
of music. She also lends her husband
a hand in time of need , working on
notes, criticizing scripts , typing them
and helping with proof and index.
Drawing on his wartime experience
and study, Bakeless wrote his first
book, ECONOMIC C A U S E S OF
MODERN WAR, in 1921. It was
promptly put on the reading list at
the Army War College, making Bakeless the only second lieutenant in
history whose ideas were used to
train generals,
Five years later he wrote his second and final, to d ate , war book, It
was aptly titled THE ORIGIN OF
THE NEXT WAR; in it he made

many startling predictions which
have since become realities. Probably
the most far-sighted and amazing
predi ction of all concerned the Danzig
Corridor, which he likened to the fuse
¦of a powder magazine which might at
any time set off explosions in both
Fran ce and the Balkans. Thirteen
y ears later , in 1939 , Italy moved into
the Balkans j ust after the Germans
raised the issue of Danzig.
In addition to writing his two
"war" books, Bakeless contin ued his
grad uate work, taught j ournalism at
New York University, served in various editorial capacities, and made
two "flying trips " to the Balkans during the 1920's. Since 1922, he has
been a steady contributor to such
magazines as "The Atlanti c Monthly, " "Saturday Review of Literature,"
"American Mercury, " "Outlook" and
more than 40 others. In all , he has
published more than 100 magazine
articles, including fiction , essays, and
reviews.
In 1922-1923, Bakeless performed a
feat of scholarship whi ch had not
been pulled off in over 100 ye ars. He
took the graduate Bowdoin Prize two
ye ars in succession—in literature in
1922 , and in biology in 1923. The
jo ker in the successive years feat is
that the prize is awarded one year in
the humanities and the next year in
science. The last man before Bakeless
to pull it off was Ralph Waldo Emerson !
A man of multifariou s interests
and abilities, Bakeless is the type of
person who never does things by
halves. Generally when he takes an
int erest in something he doesn 't le t it
go until he has become an expert in
the field , whatever it may be. Often
one int erest will lead to another and
before he knows it he has the material for another book or a subj ect
for a lecture tour.
For instance , he firs t became interested in the Balkans while studying the Slavic languages at Harvard .
This led to a tri p to Europe and a
tour of the Balkan countries, and resulted in his writing several magazine articles on what he had observed. A few years later when things
again grew warm in the Balkan hotbed he made another trip which he
also wrote up for various magazines.
In addi t ion , he toured the United
States lecturing on the Balkan situation. Thus his initial interest as a
student in the Slavic languages led
Bakeless on and on until he is today
one of the leading experts on the
Balkans.
In reading one or Bakeless Balkan
articles, "Apples from Mr, Michailoff"
one discovers a deadly present day
parallel between the incidents he recounts and the facts surrounding the
recent murder of CBS correspondent
George Polk in Greece. Polk left his
hotel with three men who were ostensibly taking him to a meeting with a
Communist Chieftian Markos Vafiades. He was never seen alive again,
In his article , which was published
in 1930, Bakeless tells of a similar
rendezvous he made in 1929, to interview Ivan Michailoff, At that time
Michailoff was, as is Tito of Yugoslavia today, the mystery man of the
Balkans. Head of the "Imro "—-short
for Inner Macedonian Revolutionary
Organization—Michailoff directed his
army of guerrillas while keeping constantly on the move, never sleeping
more than two nights at one place,
After weeks of waiting in Sophia
and several close scrutinies by "Imro"
agents, Bakeless was picked up at
dawn one mowing and transported
150 miles by car to an obscure farm
house near the Yugoslavian border,
There, standing quietly beneath an
appl e tree, was Michailoff.
For three hours he questioned tho
"Imro " chieftain. Then, with three
shiny apples—a gift from Michailoff
—in his pocket , Bakeless was safely
returned to Sophia.
In 1937, Bakeless published DANIEL BOONE: MASTER OF THE

W ILDERNESS, his first "best seller. "
"We have had to wait a long time,"
said the reviewer for the 'New York
Times', "for this exciting fully documented biography of , a national hero.
It was well worth waiting for. "
The Bakeless' were living in Manhattan at about that time and John
decided to plant a flower garden in
his court yard. It soon became apparent , however , that gai'den flowers
were too fragile to grow in the sunless, skyscraper surrounded courty ard. After suffering the gentle
taunts of his big city friends at the
failure of his "garden ," Bakeless had
a "brain wave. " - He recalled that
fern s and wild flowers in the Grove
at the Normal School thrived in a
tree shaded environment similar to
that in his courtyard. In answer to
Bakeless ' urgent request , Fred Lord,
of Espy, sent him a barrel or so of
peat earth and Professor Hartline
sent along several different types of
ferns and wild flowers. In no time
Bakeless had a thriving wild flower
and fern gard en right in the middle
of Manhattan Island. He also had the
last laugh on his big city friends.
In 1940 , the Bakeless1 bought a
farm in Connecticut. They named it
"Elbow Room "—"be cause that's what
Daniel Boone wanted and what we
wanted and the Boone book had more
or less paid for the farm. "
They spent the latter part of the
summer of 1940, motoring about the
United States gathering material for
his "double - header" biography of
Lewis and Clark. In commenting on
the three extensive field trips and the
research that went into LEWIS AND
CLARK , which was published in 1947,
Bakeless had this to say :
"It was a little like the Marlowe."
(When speaking of his books , Bakeless invariably refers to them as "th e
Marlowe ," t he Boone ," etc.) "Marlowe lived only 29 years and it took
me 22 years to write him up, which
looks like slow going until you reflect
that Marlowe didn 't have to read all
the German dissertations about himself.
We actually rolled up more mileage
than the explorers themselves, because of course they didn 't have to
dodge back and forth looking for
historical society libraries."
Work on the Lewis and Clark book
was temporarily halted when Bakeless, who was and still is a member
of the Officers' Reserve Corps, was
ordered back to active duty in November, 1940. After a tour of duty
in the War Department in Washington he was ordered to Europe and his
old stamping ground—the Balkans.
Having risen to the rank of Colonel,
he was at various times assistant
chief , acting chief , and of our Intelligence Bureau in the Balkans. While
stationed at Smyrna , now Izmir,
about which he had written several
articles in 1923, he had quite a time
letting his wife know where he was
located. There wasn 't the least secrecy about it but the Turkish telegraph
refused to transmit the word Smyrna, and Izmir in those days wasn't
nn most mnns.

Though most of his war work was
of a confidential nature and is better
not discussed, he did have several
amusing experiences of a non-military nature . While living surrounded
by Germans on top of Mt. Pelion, he
was handed an English review of one
of his books ( the Marlowe) by Sir
John Squire. "And believe It or not,"
he said , "it was favorable. It was a
queer place to find it."
One can imagine the thoughts of a
Greek officer who found Bakeless
reading Plato 's REPUBLIC in the
midst of the Bulgarian border flareup which followed the Second World
War. I imagine he thought it was "a
queer place" indeed to find an American reading Plato I
After much secret service "hocuspocus"—false arrests, tapped phones,
( Continued on page 4)

Husky Nine Seeks Undefeated Season in Kings Game Today

SIDELINES I
IN SPORTS . . .

by Wayne Von Stetten

Since this is the final issue of the
Maroon and Gold , this column bids
farewell for the year. Originated last
year by Curtis Millier, who is now
doing his sports writing for an upstate New York paper, Sidelines in
Sports has appeared in no less than
forty-five issues of the good old M&G.
Yours truly did a pinch-hit job for
Curt when the genial fella departed
in January. In those forty-five issues
we have been discussing, arguing, and
reminiscing sports of the College,
Conference , and Nation. We have had
lots of fun doing this column , and it
will be like losing a close friend when
the old by-line appears for the last
time.
It is fitting then, that this final
column be devoted to scanning the
happenings of the past year in sports
at B.S.T.C. In all probability, the past
year has been the most successful in
the history of the institution. The
football team was the first to commence operations after the return
from the summer vacation. The boys
of Coach Bob Redman wasted little
time in getting started, fanning
Wilkes College 25-0 in the opener,
and closing by smashing our age-old
rivals, East §troudsbufg, by & convincing- 14-0 tally. Sandwiched between these victories were successes
over Millersville, Mansfield , Kutztown, Lock Haven, Lycoming, Kings,
and Shippensburg. Our gridiron Huskies compiled the first undefeated
campaign in the history of the College.
Playing the toughest soccer schedof Coach Pete Wisher made a comule in Bloomsburg history, the lads
rnendable showing, though winning
but two of eight contests. Finding
the going exceedingly difficult in
games w i t h Lincoln , Lock Haven ,
West Chester , an d Howard, the Husky booters did some fancy f ootwork
in bringing home the bacon in engagements with East Stroudsburg
and Howar d, the last a return contest. Even in defeat the Wishermen
played inspiring soccer throughout.

Largely bu il t aroun d veterans f rom
t h e previous year, the basketball team

came through with but eight wins in
sixteen contests. Their inability to
find a winning combination in the
early stages of the campaign proved
costly to the Huskies in their attempt
to muster an outstanding record.
Coining back strong in the final half
of the season, the men of Pete Wisher snared six of their eight remaining
games. Bad breaks at Millersville and
Shippensburg prevented the boys
from grabbing all eight of the second-half encounters.

The track team enrolled two victories in four dual meets. An outstanding feature of the track season
"was the exceptional work turned in
by one Frank Womer , a freshman
lad from Pottsville. The lanky fella
put us on the map with his Herculean
vault of better than 12 feet in the
state meet at Shippensburg
There Is little that can be said concerning the Husky baseball nine. At
this writing, tho entire college community is crossing its fingers in tho
hopes of an undefeated season. Eleven
victories are already in tho bag, with
but one more to go. Coach Bob Redman 's boys have left little to bo desired. They have manhandled all sorts
of opposition by convincing scores
with no sign of a let-up.
At this writing, the records show
34 wins against 7 losses, for a percentage of .824—-the very best in the
College's long history, Incidentally,
in compiling this percentage, your
writer took the liberty of marking up
twelve conquests for the Husky baseball machine, True, this is optimism

Bloomshurg Track Star Smashes Po le
Vault Record at State Teachers Meet
Huskies Finish 6th at
Shippensburg As Womer
Breaks 20>Year Record

Diamondtnen Record Eleventh Straight
Triumph with Win over Wilkes College
i

^

Strive To Equal Gridders ' Mar k

In keeping with the "Banner Year"
motive of 1948-49, Frank Womer,
Bloomsb ur g's track star for the current season , broke a long-standing
.record of twenty years when he soared over the pole vault marker at
12' %" . The record , smashed by Womer on Ma y 7 at t h e track meet h eld
at Shippensburg, was established in
1929. The new record established sets
a new high for all State Teacher College competition.
Womer, a fresh/nan f rom Pottsville, bested keen competition in his
record-breaking vault, but to h im ,
Pictured above is Coach Bob Redman's 1949 Husky baseball team. With
smashi n g recor ds was n ot espec i a lly
new since he had already broken the eleven straight wins under their belts, the Huskies meet the King 's College
B.S.T.C. record of twelve feet sev- nine today as they strive to equal the perfect record set last season by the
eral times.
College grid squad.
Lock Hav en , however, won t h e meet
despite Womer's outstanding perf ormance w i t h t h e p oint tota l of
63%. The College finished in sixth
place behind West Chester, East
Stroudsburg, Shippensburg, and SlipEvans, Byham Share Mound
pery Rock.
Duties in Ninth Straight Win
A Lock Haven lad , Leed s, also
b ro k e a recor d wh en h e ran t h e m i le
The undefeated Huskies finished
in 4 :26.4 in this competition.
their road schedule on May 10 as
they downed the Bald Eagles of
Opponents Lock Haven 9-3 before a crowd of
B.S.T.C.
3 more than a thousand.
8
Secon d Arm y
It was t h e last of t h e awa y games
6
13
King's College
for the Redman nine which has per-4
7
Shippensburg
formed on seven foreign diamonds
4 this season.
12
Mdllersville
With a timely rally in the late inn1
5
Susquehanna U.
M ik e Evans pi tched t h e first seven
in gs, the Husky diamondmen chompinnings
and Buck Byham finished out
College
5
7
Wilkes
j
:
ed off their ten t h strai gh t win by
the
contest.
They were in control all
1
14
Secon d Arm y
hanging Mansfield S.T.C. on the short
way
gave up eight scattered
the
and
end of a 10-7 score.
2 ;
13
Mansfi eld
hits. By the end of the firs t three
With Mansfield leading in the sev3 f rames, the Huskies had a safe seven9
Lock Haven
ent h by one run , the Huskies turned
7 ¦: point margin and coasted the remain10
Mansfield
the tide in that inning when Dick
16
Wilkes College
2 : ing distance to an easy victory.
Hummel blasted out a three-run hom? ,;
King's College
er to right field. Another run in the ; ?
B. S. T. C
eighth clinched the victory.
ab r h o a e
Buck Byham saw mound duty for
Butler , cf
5 1 1 2 0 0
the entire game.
Slobozien , If
5 1 1 1 0 0
P
i
estrak
,
lb
5 0 1 12 1 1
B.S.T.C.
Czerniakowski,
3b
5 1 1 2 2 0
ab r h o a e
Lam
b
r
i
nos
,
c
4
3 2 6 1 0
Butler, cf
5 1 2 2 0 0
Mensin
g
er
,
rf
4
2
2 0 0 0
Slobozien , If
5 1 2 1 0 0
3 0 1 3 4 1
Piestrak, lb
5 1 1 15 1 1 The increasing interest in the field Thomas , ss
Hummel,
2b
4
0 0 1 3 0
Czerniakowski 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 of Safety Education has prompted the
Evans,
p
3
0
1 0 2 0
Lambrinos, c . . . . 5 2 3 5 0 0 College to include in its Summer SesByham,
p
1
1
1
0 2 0
Mensin ger , rf
2 2 0 0 1 0 sion the six hours necessary for certiThomas, ss
4 0 2 1 0 3 fication in this field. Three semester
Totals
39 9 11 27 15 2
Hummel, 2b
4 1 1 0 4 0 hours will be given for a course in
Byham , p
3 1 1 1 7 0 "General Safety Education," and anLock Haven
other three hours will be offered for
ab r h o a e
Totals
37 10 13 27 14 5 the course in "Driver Education and J. Ticcony, 2b . . . . 3 0 0 1 3 2
Training, " which was one of the most Posavec, 3b
1 0 0 0 0 0
Mansfield
popular
courses
offered
last
summer.
Nimmo,
rf
2
0 0 0 0 0
ab r h o a e
Hughes,
cf
3
0 0 1 0 0
The course in "Safety Education. "
Daniels, ss
5 0 1 0 4 0
4 0 1 1 0 0
Kobleskl , If
5 0 0 1 0 0 may be used as an elective in the Mitro , 3b, 2b
Humphrise,
lb
.
.
.
4 0 0 8 0 0
elementary
field,
but
either
of
the
Simcoe, rf
5 0 0 1 0 0
G.
Ticcony,
c
3 0 0 12 1 0
two
courses
can
be
used
toward
makVroman , cf
5 1 1 2 0 0
McElhoes,
ing
cf
4
1 2 2 0 0
the certificate permanent.
Tommassoni, 2b . 5 1 1 1 8 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
Kovaleski , 3b . . . . 4 2 1 2 0 1
Another important feature of this Rimmey, rf
Smith
,
ss
4
1 3 1 0 0
Moore , lb
3 2 2 13 0 0 year's summer session will be workMorris,
If
3
0 0 0 0 0
Drabinski, c
4 1 1 7 1 0 shops in both secondary and elemenIf
0
0 0 0 0 0
Mandio,
Moresco , p
4 0 2 0 1 0 tary education. This type of course
0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals
40 7 9 24 14 1 Is coming strongly into favor with J. Rimmey, p
Gehnrigh,
p
3
1 1 0 4 0
Mansfield
024 010 000— 7 teachers in service who find in its
aHenry
1
0 1 0 0 0
Bloomsburg
132 000 31x—10 offerings , the things they need most
2B—Thomas, Moore. 3B—Piestra k, In their own school situations. Group
Totals
35 3 8 27 10 2
Byham. HR—Butler, Hummel, Slo- discussions, field trips, lectures by
133 000 002—9
bozien. SB—Vroman , Czerniakoski 2, authorities, and observation in« the B.S.T.C
Benj
amin
L.H.S.T.C
000 102 000—3
Franklin
Training
School
Lambrinos, Mensinger. SO—by Morare
planned.
a—Sfn gled for Gehnrigh in 9th.
esco 6, by Byham 5. Time—2:10. U—

Husky Nine Completes Road Schedule
With 9 to 3 Victory over Lock Haven
The IHgures —Eleven
Down, One To Go I

Mansfield Baseballers
Trampled 10 to 7 in
Husky Victory March

Summer Sessions To
Include Courses in
Safety Education

The summer session will again be
composed of a three-week pre-session ,
a regular session of six weeks,
a
Moe—How about a battle of wits ? post session of three weeks. and
PreShmoe—Sorry, I never attack an session will begin Monday, June 6;
unarm ed man.
the regular on Monday, June 27; and
the post session on Monday , August
on our part , but we have world's of 8. Adjo urnment of the summer sesj .
confidence In our boys.
slon will be on Friday , August 26.
Well, sports fans, that's It for another year. The outlook for the fu- Placement Stud y To
ture looks bright. With the kind of
men wo have participating1 in athlet- Appear in Mag azine
ics at B.S.T.C, the continued bril( Continued from page 1)
liant leadership of our coaches, and
the continued backing from the ad- graduates, 1,790 of whom were conministration and students, tho future tacted .through the survey or through
will continue to look bright for years existing placement records.
to come.
Oral reports based on mimeographPollock and Marks.

Sac — Thomas. 2B—Slobozien , Byham , Mitro , McElhoes. 3B—Lambrinos, HR—Smith. DP—Hummel, Thomas and Piestrak. BB—off Evans 2 ,
Byham 1, J. Rimmey 1. SO—by Evans 2, by Byham 4, by J, Rimmey 2,
by Gehnrigh 8; Winning pitcher —
Evans. Losing pitcher — J. Rimmey.
Umpires—Blackburn and Pifher.

ed statements have been made as the
result of numerous requests for the
study. The reports will be forwarded
to the Future Teachers of America
Chapter, Faculty of the College, the
Board of Presidents of the State
Teachers Colleges of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , and numerous other professional groups.

"

Bloomsburg Squad To Meet
King's College N ine Today
In Season's Last Contest

The College's undefeated Husky
Niners of the baseball diamond notched off their eleventh straight victory
when they literally swamped Wilkes
College, Tuesday, May 17, on t h e
home field to the steal of 16-2. With
only one game to go on an as-yet und efeate d sch edule , the Husky team
w ill meet Kin g's College on the
mound today , Alumni Day, with all
intents an d pur p oses b ent on fin ishi n g
out their remarkable season with no
defeats. The feature event of today's
celebration will mark the last appearance of 1949's baseball powerhouse for the current baseball diamond operations.
In the Wilkes def eat , M ik e Evans
an d Hank Brunn , ma insta y s of th e
Husky pitchi n g staff , held the ' opposers to three hits. Brunn, hurlin g
t h e last two f rames, struck out five.
The Redman-coached Huskies went
into the lead early in the game and
during the perfect afternoon for slugit-and-run exercises, thrilled the nearly half-a-thousand spectators with a
barrage of seventeen hits.

But ler, cf

B.S.T.C.
ab r

Slobozien , If
Mack , If
Piestrak, lb
Czerniakowski, 3b
Lambrinos, c
Diehle, c
LeVan, c
Mensin ger, rf
Bu ynak , rf
Thomas, ss . . I . . .
Hummel, 2b
Mowrey , 2b
Evans, p
Brunn , p

Totals

h

a e
3 0 0 0

4 4
4 1 2 3 0 0
2
2
4

1 1 0 0 0
3 1 9 0 0
2 1 1 3 0

3

3 3 2

4 1 2 4 0 1
1 0 0 3 0 0
0 0 0 2 0 0
0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0
4 1 2
3 0 2

1 1 0
1 2 0

2 0 0 1 0 0
4 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0
39 16 17 27 6 1

Wilkes College
ab r h
Warms , I f
3 1 1
Blackenbush , cf .. 2 0 0
Molash, ss
3 0 0
Dra gon , 3b
4 0 1
Pinkowski , rf
3 0 0
Brodi , rf
1 0 0
Sh imo , 2b
4 0 0
Hall , lb
3 0 0
Pish, c
3 1 1
Earl , p
3 0 0
Buzby, p
0 0 0

Totals

o

29

o a e

1 0 0
1 0

1

0 1 0
4 2 0

1 0 0
0 0 0
0 2 1

8 1 0
8 2 0
0 2 0
1 0 0

2 3 24 10 2

Wilkes
000 020 000— 2
Bloomsburg
200 316 40x—16
3B—Thomas. 2B—Butler, Piestrak,
Mensinger, Hummel, Warms. Stolen
bases—Butler 4, Slobozien 2, Piestrak
2, Czerniakowski 2, Lambrinos 2,
Mensin ger 2, Hummel, Warms. HBP
—by Earl 1 (Piestrak) . Bases on balls
—off Evans 4, off Earl 2, Buzby 3.
SO—by Evans 3, Brunn 5, Buzby 3.
RBI—Slobozien 2, Czerniakowski 2,
Lambrinos 2, Mensin ger 3, Thomas
5, Hummel. U—Gerritone and Hunsinger.

Alumni Day Activities
To Begin with Meeting

( Continued from page 1)
not the most successful, ever staged
at tho College.
Many of the returning classes
opened the event last evening with
their own meetings and dinners. Others will participate in events today,
in addition to taking part in the
features arranged for ail graduates
and their guests.
"Promote then , as an object of
primary importance, institutions for
the general diffusion of knowledge.
In proportion as the structure of a
government gives force to public
opinion , It is essential that public
opinion should be enlightened. "
—-George Washington

Fuller Twins Reign
At May Festivities
( Continued from page 1)

.. KITTY AND HER YARN

.

ropes and intricate dance patterns to
highlight their conception of the old
¦¦
\J
\J \J \J m*m and memorable "School Days." Mac™~
"-' V^
^^3BiB^ ^J |^
^
^
^
.
eiko played "California , Her e I Come"
next , setting the spirited air for the
-.
by Don Butoofftky
= highly
imaginative and clever routine
of
the boys of the sixth grade. by Kay Ohapin
xfijg P1
Welcome, Alumni of B.S.T.C. . . .
,
Th e boys students of Miss Edna J.
The student body extends to you a most codial welcome, and it is our Barnes, w ere u nifor med in baseb a ll
sincere hope that familiar scenes and familiar faces will bring back to you suits, complete with gloves, ba lls , and
ALUMNI AND FRIENDS. The
again warm recollections of your own days on College Hill. The Maroon bats, and presented a very effective Yarn wishes to add its greetings to
and Gold wishes to extend a special acknowledgment to the Class of '24 pantomine in accompaniment to the those which you have already receivold fa vorite , "Take Me Out To The
which will observe its 25th reunion , for fhe year of 1924 also marks the Ball Game." Concluding the program ed on your return to the Friendly
founding of this paper. We who have worked on the Maroon and Gold have was a waltz-dance by the girls of the Colfego.
JUST FOR YOU. Since this is a
been aware of the fine tradition which has been handed down to us, and we sixth grade. Wearing old-fashioned
ing
gaily
¦costumes
carry
and
decorspecial
occasion , we will forego the
have done our best to preserve its character and integrity. Again we say
ated parasols, the girls weaved and usual social chatter and help bring
welcome and wish all of you a day of happy reunion.
danced with grace and talent to the you up to date on "what' s new " at
*
melody of "Beautiful Ohio. "
B.S.T.C.
* * * * *
The
May
Day
closed
with
the
exThis
Is It . . .
SMELL PAINT ? As you probably
»
tremely impressive winding of the noticed by now, Carver Hall AudiBack on October 16 the Doghouse made its debut , and in the very be- brilliantly-hued Maypoles by the
ginning stated that it would be a column "where the chaff would be run Training School pupils and College torium , the dining room, and a numthrough with the oats." Now, in looking back, it seems that there has been girls. This was the "go sign " for vast ber of other places have had their
a heck of a lot of chaff and very little oats. In the course of getting this throngs of amateur photographers to make-up retouched.
column out every week, the English language has been booted around to the converge in a flurry before the
PROUD AS PUNCH. The day
tune of some 22,000 words, and what all of them have amounted to , if any- Qu een 's throne and take pictures of women have been showing off their
thing, would be hard to tell. At any rate, comes now th e time tc t ake a the colorful court dais. Smiling with new , modernized kitchen to everyone
hasty backward look at campus life as it was seen through the Doghouse radiance the twin Queens and their within collaring distan ce. It really
door during the past two semesters. With no attempt toward final authority , attendants with gracious patience al- is beautiful.
this listing of persons and events stack up somewhat as follows :
lowed the fans to snap pictures to
AFTER DAY WOMEN. We musn 't
Biggest success—The informal dances in the old gym. Let's h ave mor e of th eir he a rts ' content. When the Court forget to mention the new Day Men 's
the same next year.
left the throne for the receding pro- Room on the renovated second floor
Biggest failure—The drinking fountain campaign. No inconvenience as long cession, the lens-snappers were still of Noetling Hall. The day men were
as the canteen was open.
focusing their cameras, and way had organized this year under the advisBiggest surprise—The new improved women 's chorus. The sweetest singing to be cleared for the royal trainage. ership of Mr. Herre.
on this side of heaven , aided and abetted by the Nightingale from Nesco- Mrs. Redman , under whose capable
RIGHT NEXT DOOR to the Day
peck.
direction the May Day program rose Men 's Room are the new officers of
Biggest disappointment—The basketball season. No offense meant , fellows. to complete success, th ankfully ac- the school publications—the Obiter,
The breaks jus t weren't in your favor.
knowledged appreciation for all those the Maroon and Gold, and the latest
Best professional assembly entertainment—George Johnson and his "Bach who aided in helping to carry the addition
, the Olympian , an all-college
to Boogie." A totally unexpected gem by a master showman.
ceremony to its consummation.. Miss magazine which was initiated by Al
Best student entertainment—For laughs: Franky and Johnny. For novelty : Lucy McCammon was in charge of Stimeling and his capable staff.
The Andy Mack Trio. For cultural value: The Von Bergen-Wagner piano the Queens of the May and theij 1
CONFUSING AT FIRST. Graduduo. In general, a student body filled to the brim with talented performers. Court. Nevin T. Englehart , Edward
walking into the library for the
ates
Best faculty entertainment—Mrs. Beeman's lecture on spinning. A gifted D. Sharrets, and Mrs. Charles Beethe
first
time since last year will be
sense of humor combined with an authoritive talk.
man supervised the Maypoles, throne amazed at the transformation which
Best master of ceremonies—Ben Burness with his masterpiece in the Frosh erection and decoration. P u p i l s
has taken place. Like any normal
Follies. The plumber with philosophy in his humor.
ta ught in the special grade by Mrs. woman , the first thing our new librarBest Entertainment (period)—Watching the Husky gridiron j uggernaut Eleanor Martin also aided in this
ian , Miss Zealberg, did was change
slaughter its opposition. Things won't be the same without Donan and task.
the f urniture around! However, it
Luchnick, however.
Costumes were made by mothers was all for the better. And Miss ZealBest groaner—Though we didn 't hear much from him on the campus, George of th e children partici pating and the
Kearney still pulled through with his laurels intact. Some might take flowers were furnished by Dillon 's burg and her assistant , Miss Muyskens , deserve a lot of credit for the
Mr. Mystery.
Greenhouses. Accompanists were Miss j ob they 've done this year.
Academy Award motion picture—Th e epic "Nigh t School in Merry Olde Marcella Stickler and Miss Mary
TAKE A GOOD LOOK at our beEngland." Now we know what Churchill meant when he referred to dark Shoem aker . Joseph Curilla , College
"Long Porch" for it may be
loved
days.
st u de'nt , supervised the sound sysyour
last
chance. Times change, and
Most unreliable—The school time system. There is a very beautiful legend tem. Baseball uniforms used by the
this
Eden
of idle hours has become
telling why the bells only ring once every hundred years.
sixth grade boys were furnished by
Most hit or miss—The Doghouse predictions. But don 't worry about it. Tnis the American Legion. Acting as co- architecturally antiquated.
AMONG OTHER ITEMS in trois the last edition .
ordina tor for the Benj amin Franklin
Most sorely missed—The pin-up pictures in the Waller Hall dorm. Maybe | Training School pupils and student duced on campus this year we find
mother will let us put our Esquire clippings on the walls at home.
teachers was Miss Edna J. Hazen , the visual education equipment room
on the second floor of Noetling Hall;
Most popular pastime—Sleeping in class. Didn 't get in until 3 a.m.
director of elementary education.
Most popular fad—Horn-rimmed glasses. The first step toward acquiring
the spectacular "Campus Talent" asprofessional dignity.
"I always thought you were a sembly programs; the voting machMost overworked—The Maroon and Gold staff. They began weekly and gentleman ," she said as he let her ines used for C.G.A. elections; the
ended weakly.
out of his car in front of her house popular Dames Club for the wives
really
going
to
bear
down
next
year."
Most popular statement—"I'm
A noble at 10 o'clock , "and now I know it. " of students; and finally, the little
corral fences with which we punish
sentiment, but isn 't that What we said last year ?
* ? *
for "horsing around" on the grass!
Late to bed
* * * * ?
IN CONCLUSION , -we hope that
Early to rise
They Call Mo the Dreamer
Makes a man saggy, d ra ggy, and you will all be back with us next
Here is an intimate peek into the inner sanctum of the kennel where a
baggy
year—on Alumni Day, if not before.
kettle of strange thoughts has been boiling all year. Into the kettle was
Till
then —Kitty.
Under the eyes.
*
thrown a deficiency slip with the number "13" written on the back, also a
business office memorandum concerning payment of activity fees, a shingle
from the roof of Science Hall, the bladder of an old volley ball, a salmon As 2000 Witness May Queens ' Coronation
croquette from the dining hall, three cigaret butts swept up during a full
moon, a spade flush from a pinochle deck, and the neck from a broken
Budweiser bottle. This was brough t to a slow boil while the constitution of
the C.G.A. was recited backwards with care not to establish any dangerous
precedents. Out of the vapor came the following visions: A new, larger
college canteen with fountain service—Scholarships Cor the Dionne quintuplets so that we might have five identical May Queens in 1956—A cow tethered to one of the legs of each dining hall table, with all optional accessories
included so that a flagon of cold, homogenized , grade A, pasteurized milk
could be drawn with little or no effort—Cigaret vending machines that would
issue fre e weeds plus a movie ticket—A corps of State employees to do term
papers and book reports—Assembly entertainment direct from Broadway,
with definite partiality shown the Maids from Minsky 's—A minimum quality
point average of .0001.

...

J ohn Bakeless - An
Outstanding Alumnus
( Continued from page 2)

di plomatic incidents, and v a r i o u s
shenanigans behind the German lines
In Greece — Bakeless was ordered
home and demobi lized in 1946.
While still in uniform he picked
up where he had left off on the Lewis
and Clark book. When t h at was on

the presses he turned immediately to
the new work on North America. It
is now nearin g completion and Is pro-

j ected for publication either this fall
or the fall of 1950.
After that ? Bakeless has no plans
—as yet. Perhaps another book will
bo waiting to be written or maybe
the Balkans will pull him back for
another look-see. Whatever the pro j ect we may be certain that Bakeless
will pitch into it in his own capable
fashion. And before he is through the
world will know a little more about
some long forgotten episode in the
history of mankind.
The End

Borro wed

Banter ? •

Prof: "When was the revival of
learning?"
Student: "Just before exams!"
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"I told him if he tried to kiss me
I'd scream. "
"What happened ?"
"We had a howling good time."
—Colleglo
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"How did th e explosion occur?"
"The engineer was full and the
boiler was empty."
Question : In what battle did General Wolfe cry , "I die h appy "?
Answer: His last one.
—Spectator
The best way for a girl to keep her
youth is not to introduce him to anybody.
Collegian — "What did you do with
my shirt?"
Roommate — "Sent it to the laundry."
Collegian — "Ye gods! The whole
History of England was on it."
—Snapper
Definition of an intoxicated woman
—a tight skirt.
Bellboy — (After twenty minutes)
Did you ring, sir?
Man — Oh, no , I was tolling. I
thought you were dead.
—Spectator

Largest Class To
R eceive Degrees

( Continued from page 1)
Lutz, John M. Lydon , John J. Magera, Matthew J. Maley, Dale E.
Mantz , Alfred J. Marchetti, Joseph
A. Marmo, Eleanor A. McClintock,
Jane R. McCullough, Joan A. McDonald , John G. McNelis, Marvin L.
Men eel ey, Leon H. Messner, Willi am
R. Miller, James V. Moran , Mary
Helen Morrow, John N. Morgan, John
S. Morris, Lawrence J. Mussoline,
Adda M. Myers, Wilmer F. Nester.
Eloise L. Noble, Eugene M. Nuss,
Robert E. O'Brien, Ernest C. Olson,
Janet M. Page, Nicholas J. Panzetta ,
George D. Paternoster , Anthony J.
Paulmeno, Julia Pichel, Robert W.
Pick, Raymond J. Popick, Santo J.
Prete, John M. Purcell, Joseph J.
Putera , Francis J. Radice, Horace E.
Readier , Laureen A. Rees, John H.
Reichard , Robert G. Reitz, Emory S.
Riefski, Carl H. Robbins, Helen M.
Romanczyk , Clarence C. Rowlands,
James F. Sampsell, Charles A. Savage, Charles R. Schiefer, Marjo rie A.
Scott, Lydia Feme Shirk, Mary C.
Shoemaker, Martha Jane Sitler , Thomas Smigel , Donald E. Snyder , Eugene W. Snyder.
Charles H. Sowers, Michael J.
Spanlch , Marie A. Stadts, Richard C.
Stout, Margaret Suchy, Thaddeus J.
Swigonski , George Thear, Dorothy A.
Thomas , Robert L. Thomas, Rose A.
Thomson, William T. Tiddy, Ruth G.
Trimpey, Gretchen D. Trobach , Mary
Ruth Tyson, Ruth C. Von Bergen,
William C. Vought , Shirley B. Walters, Carl K. Walton , George Wasdovich, Anita D. Webb, Carolyn Howor Williams , Kenneth E. Wire.
Teachers - in - service who will be
graduated are :
Elizabeth Maroney Andreas, Robina
Batey, Cora Baumer, Lillian Dena
Clarke, Jennie Contini, Mary Row lands Conville, Robert D. Davis, Edwina Evans, Norman O. Falck, Susan
Fenwick , Anna B, Fogel, Helen Hartzelle, Robert A. Hawk , Ethel Jacoby,
Mary Guenther Horn, Elsie J. Lutz ,
Leonard Man jone , Bernice Eckrote
McCarr , Betty Jane McGeehan , Violet
Enama Mosgo , John J. O'Donnell ,
Shown above are Thaddeus Swlgonskl , president of the Community Leah Merkle Rari g, Hannah Keller
Government Association , and Al Lampman , president of the Clans of 1040, R'hawn , Theron Rhinard , Lottie C,
as they crowned Mid ge and Mad ge Fuller Queens of the College's annual Shook , Florence Tu gend , Ruth Hazel
Wyrsch, Anna Yorkas.
May Day celebration. Thousands of spectators witnessed the coronation.

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