Page Four STUDENTS ESTABLISH FAMILY TRADITION The Hazleton Undergraduate Cen ter is rapidly becoming a family tradition in many of the homes of the coal region. Allan Gallagher, a sophomore, is carrying on the good work which his sister, Marion, started in ’34. Robert Koch, a present junior at State College, and Howard John son, now a freshman, are cousins. William Gilbert and Norman Frye are also cousins and are closely re lated to Martha Miller, another *34 student. The Somers family sent two representatives, Edward, in ’35, and Marie, a freshman. Many students Who have attended, tell us that their brothers and sisters intend to come in time. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN 4 CLUB ACTIVITIES [Continued from page 3] Cosmopolitan Club. The idea ox a Cosmopolitan Club was suggested by Mr. Janssen, and the club’s activities are guided by him. This club has as its purpose the furtherance of knowledge and understanding of other nations, its end being accomplished by a series of meetings each one of which deals with a different country. Each mem ber represents a nation, usually the the nation from which his ancestors The officers of the club are President, Josephine Zogby; Vice- President, Alice Marie McGrory; and Secretary, Margaret Lucash. At the first meeting, Mr. Janssen discussed and compared modes of travel in Germany. His interesting talk made travel in Germany sound very exciting, especially travel in one of the portable, collapsible boats whose use is very wide-spread in Germany. The second meeting was devoted to the country Of Syria. Josephine Zogby related an ancient and very interesting legend about an ideal, Utopian city which was visible only to the pure of heart. At the next meting, Alice Marie Mc- Grory told the club members about “Irish Life and Character” (the book to be found at the Hazleton public Library, which contains the largest collection of Irish jokes your cor respondent knows of.) At the fol lowing meeting, Mr. Herpel enter tained the club members by playing German records, including the Ger man National Anthem, songs of the Rhine, folk songs, and German popu lar songs. Miss Yotter and Mr. Herpel led the club members in the singing of the popular song which is first in the German hit parade. The consensus of opinion among the students was that German popular songs sound remarkably like our own. 1“ OUR JANITOR 1 1 1 ■ m “ I Probably the more observant mem bers of our students have noticed that Mr. Walters, our janitor, is a most unusual personage; those who haven’t are missing an interesting human contact. At the beginning of the year, for example, Mr. Walters, while talking to a group of students, stated that he enjoyed the social atmosphere which the Center had brought. This is a rather philosophi cal statement to come from one who works with coal and iron. When Mr. Walters was a boy, edu cation was unimportant as compared to the present day emphasis; he didn’t finish high school. While work ing, however, he studied the classics, arithmetic, etc. at night. It was this effort which lifted him to a succes sion of responsible positions in the mining industry around Hazleton. In addition to these positions, he has been in the dairy business and has worked with the P. P. & L., and dur ing the war the Jeans ville Iron Works. Throughout all this time, Mr. Walters has kept a certain liking for arithmetic. He still spends a great deal of his leisure time inventing original arithmetical solutions. Mr. Herpel was rather surprised when Mr. Walters questioned him concern ing a geometric theorem. Several students also were surprised to find Mr. Walters discussing Shakespeare with Mr. Eiche. Mr. Walters is a, ready conversa tionalist; so here is an experience which the reader can look forward to. In our janitor is stored a large fund of Hazleton’s history and tradition. Then too, he’ll probably show you a few new tricks with numbers. Debating Club Mr. Herpel’s per project, the De bating Society, got underway with the election of Gertrude Hecht as president. The debating topic for schools and colleges this year, as sug gested by the Forensic League, is “Resolved, that the National Labor Relations Board be empowered to enforce compulsory arbitration of all industrial disputes.” Accordingly, the Center Debating Club on Wednesday, December 1 presented a debate on this question before a small but ap preciative audience. It was a non decision debate with Walter Organist and Anthony Piccola on the affirma tive, Gertrude Hecht and Emer Flounders on the negative side of the question. Later the dub expects to debate again on this topic before the student body and faculty. Judging from their first debate, your corres pondent thinks that this public de bate, is something none of the stu dents should miss. ’ ‘ HAZLETON COLLEGIAN | Advice To Bookworms I I 1 This column is addressed to those students who enjoy good books—if there are any such students in this Center. To be labelled a “bookworm” should be a distinct honor to any col lege undergraduate. Yet how many of us are worthy of this label ? But this is a column of advice and not sermon. Therefore, you who have read this far will receive a formal introduction to the place in our school that is running the game room a close (?) second in popularity. We mean our rapidly growing library. It is composed of books belonging to members of the faculty. Mr. Eiche has put on the shelves classics in American and English literature; Mr. Goas has all his history books there; Mr. Herpel, his mathematics and physics; and Miss Yotter, her many French books. Mr. Janssen has brought books which are very useful for students who would like to get the cosmopoli tan slant on things and ideas. He has a large array of economics, political science, and German literature, as well as art books. We bookworms should be very grateful to our faculty for building up our library. But, just as idle money is worthless, so are these books useless unless they are taken off the shelves and read by us. ALUMNI BITS [Continued from page 2] haven’t been sleeping in the way of honors either. Kochy made two hon orary fraternities and Eddie made three. Congratulations to both. Carl Schmidt, one of our quiet boys of last year, is now coming into the public eye. He earned a place on the State track team. A Center reunion is held every day in Dr. Martin’s history class on the Penn State Campus. It seems that quite a few students took Mr. Goas’ advice about electing History 422 and they are all in the same class. Charlie Gallagher made quite a name for himself when he conducted the meeting of the Internationa] Club. The program: was the talk of the campus and everyone said it was the best of the year. All the students of Penn State Col lege, if they enjoyed their Thanks giving vacation, should thank Mike Capparell and Tommy Pugliese. It seems that these two initiated the idea of the petition for a longer vaca tion. Things to be thankful for! Marion Gallagher, a senior at Im maculata, is now practice teaching at Lansdowne, near. Philadelphia. Irvin Jenkins, who recently joined the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, came heroically through the annual Flag Scrap at Dickinson. IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN SCHOOL BUILDING [Continued from page' j ] physics laboratory were built for the school, while those in the chemistry laboratory came to the school from the Hazleton School Board as a loan and from the Hazle Township School Board as a gift. All necessary equip ment was bought and the work tables were cleaned and stocked. A balance room was also installed for the ad vanced chemistry students. During the first week of Novem ber, fifty lockers were purchased by the faculty and assembled in the halls. They made it unnecessary for the students to put their wraps in the game room or in the library. This greatly improved the appearance of the building. The game room is now the pride of the school. Here you may find any number of board games to occupy your leisure time, and the ping-pong, table is always in use. The game room also boasts a store where the students may purchase candy, ice cream, cakes, and anything else they might ask for. The store is run by the Student Council, the profits being added to the activity fund. The library is an invaluable addi tion to the school. Through the courtesy of Miss Willigerode, libra rian of the Hazleton Public Library, a collection of volumes has been placed at the Center for the use of the students. The enlarged quarters together with the several hundred additional volumes have materially enhanced the usefulness of the library this year. CAMPUS QUIPS [Continued from page 2] acts; how mighty a junior thinks he is; how little the serious senior finally realizes he knows. 6. How the phrase “Home sweet home” can have real meaning. 7. How to replace a blank stare with an intelligent look that takes in nothing. 8. How much there is in the world to know, how little time is four years in which to learn. 9. How students forget that their professors once were students, or how professors forget they were under graduates. 10. How a college columnist can write so many words that mean so little. * * # A freshman receives credit for these definitions: , Monologue A conversation be tween husband and wife. Parasites —Inhabitants of Paris. Grass Widow—Wife of a dead veg etarian. Immortality—Running away with another man’s wife. DECEMBER, 1937
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